transmits, this is bbc news, i'm ben brown — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a tougher three—tiered system of local restrictions will come into force in england when the lockdown ends in ten days' time — but there'll be a relaxation over christmas. the nhs in england is to get an extra £3 billion, but there are warnings of tough economic times ahead, as the country deals with pandemic. good morning. welcome to breakfast the uk government is being urged with nina warhurst and ben thompson. our headlines today: to change the rules over who is eligible for financial support if they have lockdown in england will be replaced to self—isolate. by a tougher three—tier system when it comes to an end a covid curfew kicks on december second. in in california as the us borisjohnson will give mps more passes more than 12 details tomorrow and will also reveal how families will be able million confirmed cases. to come together at christmas. french police use tear gas on anti—government protestors over a bill that could make it an offence clearing the nhs backlog: the chancellor promises extra money to the health service in this week's spending review but warns of an economic shock to come. tottenham are top of the table. spurs beat manchester city to take the lead in the premier league butjose mourinho insists they're not fighting for the title.

morning. not fighting for the title. looking at a much brighte day morning. looking at a much brighter day with more sunshine but it will feel cooler outside today. meanwhile, the north of the uk, will continue to see some scattered showers. join me for a full forecast a little bit later on. it's sunday november the 22nd. our top story: a plan to lift england's lockdown on december 2 will be finalised by government ministers today. the prime minister is planning to replace the national lockdown with a stricter version of the three—tiered system of restrictions, with more areas facing tougher rules, although pubs maybe allowed to stay open until beyond 10pm. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. what will christmas look like this year? we will soon find out. tomorrow, borisjohnson will confirm to parliament that glenda is coming out of national lockdown on the second of december and going back into three tiers of coronavirus restrictions. —— england is coming

out. more areas under tighter rules was not leicester's had tighter in actions and infection rates is —— are still— it is what it is and we will keep on with it and it will be all right in the end, as they say. i'm finding it very frustrating but maybe i'm wrong, if everybody kept to the rules, it might be better. laughs. ministers will decide on thursday which areas will go into which a tear across all tiers, a four nation approach is still being discussed. we all want to see our loved ones again but some are concerned about the consequences. any mixing is we see over the festive period, unfortunately, will carry a risk that will see a rise in infections afterwards and the levels of community transmission we are having at the moment a very serious. we don't know what they will be like in december but it is almost certainly won't be like they were in the summer where people were able to mixa the summer where people were able to mix a little bit more. and remember

that at the moment we're seeing a huge amount of hospitalisations and dozens, if not hundreds of deaths, every day filled up and i think the price we might pay for this might be quite considerable. the cabinet will meet today to discuss the plans and mps will vote on whether to bring in the new system. labour said it will look closely at the proposals but said the new framework must bring certainty for businesses. ministers are stressing this festive period will not be normal but hope that vaccines and mass testing will offer a route towards relaxing restrictions further. leila nathoo, bbc news. the chancellor is expected to pledge more than £3 billion to help the nhs in england recover from the pandemic. rishi sunak will announce the package in his spending review on wednesday, but writing in today's sunday times, he says high levels of borrowing can't go on indefinitely and he warns that the uk is experiencing economic shock. people from the australian state of victoria will be allowed unrestricted access to neighbouring new south wales today for the first time

in nearly five months. borders were closed in earlyjuly following a surge of coronavirus cases in the state capital, melbourne, and heavy restrictions were put in place. the strictest measures can now be lifted after victoria recorded no new cases of the virus for 23 consecutive days. nearly all of california's a0 million residents are now living under a night—time curfew in a bid to curb a steep rise in coronavirus infections. the new order, which follows similar measures in new york city, requires californians to stay at home from 10pm until 5am. our north america correspondent david willis is in los angeles. david, the figures there are very worrying, aren't they? very much. the figures are staggering. in actualfact, we're looking at about 11,000 new cases of the coronavirus a day, that is more than we got at the peak during the

summer than we got at the peak during the summerand than we got at the peak during the summer and we're also looking at these figures that have more than doubled in the last two weeks, as a result of which, california's governot gavin newsom is introducing, as you mentioned, this overnight curfew —— of another. it came ina overnight curfew —— of another. it came in a couple of minutes ago, 10pm, it is lasting through until five o'clock in the morning. —— governor. that will be in place for the six months at least. the governor says it is in a bid to restrict people to their homes as much as possible and cut down on nighttime drinking. —— six weeks. equally leak in other areas of the us and overall, this country has now passed that grim milestone of 12 million coronavirus cases nationwide. it is the worst affected country in the world now and the daily death toll here is now running at more than 2000 day. david willis

in los angeles, many thanks. six people are being treated in hospital — one for a serious head injury and three for what's believed to be stab wounds — after a large fight in the centre of cardiff. police were called to queen street just before 10:00 last night. they arrested two people on suspicion of violent disorder. the government is being urged to change the rules over who is eligible forfinancial support if they have to self—isolate. people on low incomes in england can apply for a grant of £500 if they are contacted directly by track and trace staff, but those who only receive a message from the nhs app don't qualify. here's our political correspondent nick eardley. this is 0liver who lives with his family of seven in dorset. this is the message he got earlier this month telling him to self isolate. but because it was through the nhs app, 0liver didn't qualify for support. after a lot of chasing around, it turns out i'm not allowed

to the financial support and i want to the financial support and i want to follow the guidelines but they sort of leave you in the lurch a bit stop without the financial support. like i said, at this time of year and with a young family, let alone just christmas, it is a rough time of year for everybody and it's been a rough year for everybody. of year for everybody and it's been a rough yearfor everybody. to have that financial burden put on top of us as that financial burden put on top of us as well, i feel a massive injustice with it. the government does offer a grant of £500 for many people on low incomes who can't work because they have been told to stay at home by test and traced the top but many people are falling through the gaps like parents who are forced to stay at home while their children self isolate and those using the app. we know the people generally wa nt to app. we know the people generally want to do the right thing and that's why they come to us, to try to see what they are eligible for. but ultimately, people are facing an impossible choice offered. they are taking a big hit on their income if they can't work from home and if they can't work from home and if they do need to self isolate, they still have their bills to pay, they still have their bills to pay, they still have their food shopping to

do, they still have children they need to care for and that is putting in an incredibly difficult position for that we would like the government to look again and see what else they can do to make sure people can do the right thing.|j just want to reach out to everybody... the prime minister who is itself isolating just now himself. s i know how frustrating it can be... here he is in a message released by number ten yesterday. labour are calling for him to fix what they call a broken system. and offer more support. other charities have raised concerns, too, saying loopholes are making it harderfor people to do the right thing. good afternoon and welcome to today's downing street coronavirus briefing... on friday, the health secretary was asked about support for pa rents secretary was asked about support for parents who had to stay at home to look after their children. and we have put in place a system of support so that if you have to isolate and you are eligible for benefits, universal credit, then you can benefits, universal credit, then you ca n a ccess benefits, universal credit, then you can access a £500 support payment

for the period that you have to isolate for. the government is now told us it is looking at ways to expand the scheme to cover the app that others want the support to go further. nick eardley, bbc news. here are some pictures for you. a baby elephant has been rescued after it fell down a well in india. the female calf had to be sedated and lifted out by a crane, which took more than 12 hours, and is now said to be "healthy and active". officials said the well, in the tamil nadu state in the south of the country, was covered with bushes and had no perimeter wall. wouldn't have seen it under the bushes... the whole. —— hole. i've

never had to take an elephant out of a well celeb imagine that is the best way to do it. —— so i imagine. let's take a look at some of today's papers. the sunday telegraph is one of several papers trailing the prime minister's announcement on what will replace england's national lockdown after december second. the paper adds that mass testing will be carried out in areas where cases start to rise. the mail on sunday reports that borisjohnson intends to extend pub opening hours until 11pm when england's national lockdown ends. last orders will be called at 10pm, but people will get an extra hour to finish drinks and meals. but "the fright before xmas" is the headline on the front of the sunday mirror, which carries a warning that the festive season, as we know it, is off. we know coronavirus has been expensive but who will pay for it? well, chancellor rishi sunak has signalled that taxes will have to start rising next year, according to the sunday times reports. he said that britain is experiencing "economic shock" and cannot continue

to borrow money "indefinitely" at such high levels. his comments come ahead of next week's spending review. that is what we will be talking about throughout the morning. we are expecting announcement tomorrow about what happens after the second of december and of course, christmas! can families get together? how many people can you see? we will expect more details from downing street a little later. we have some stories from inside, we thought we would keep them light and christmas theme. i know you are a fan of mistletoe most christmases... this year, though, it is as much a pa rt this year, though, it is as much a part of christmas as the queen's speech but of course we are unlikely to see much mistletoe this year. there has been a healthy crop that inside, a low amount because no wedding —— word no weddings, no office parties, so your classic mistletoe moments are off the calendarfor mistletoe moments are off the calendar for this reason. mistletoe moments are off the

calendar for this reasonlj mistletoe moments are off the calendar for this reason. i think mistletoe at christmas parties is a bad idea anyway. it willjust end in trouble. what? what? grinch! grinch thompson! i'm not speaking from personal experience... and this is thought to be one of their first christmas cards ever sent. again, so many different rules this year. should you be sending christmas cards? this one from 1843, one of britain's first cards, 177 years after it is made because it was sold at auction for how much do you reckon? oh... somewhere between seven and £9,000. have you read this story already? eight grant. amazing! it's not very festive though. have you seen it's not very festive though. have you seen it? well, first attempt, give them a break. yeah, ok, fair enough. anybody who knows my family

this christmas will be receiving a home—made one. that is my family portrait, yeah. last one, to finish and a picture this morning. nessie fled south yesterday head of temperature lunch. look at this... the log ness monster. somebody took a photo of this log. a less festive story. we did say we wouldn't do coronavirus story so yeah, that's what you get. here's chris with the weather. good morning to you. looking at the weather picture today, we're looking at brighter conditions, a bit more in the way of sunshine but it feels cooler and we've got some showers to come across the north of country as well. this is what is happening on the big picture. weather fronts across the far south—west. bringing cloudy skies and rain and drizzle but otherwise, the cooler air has spread

across and it is here that we have brighter weather conditions. looking at what is going on in the far south first of all this morning so we have this cloud with light rain and drizzle, only confined to the far south coast but as the cloud clear through, on the back edge, fog patches are forming. some of that are in 0xfordshire, simon gloucestershire. 0nly isolated showers in the north—west. northern ireland and with the wind in west and northerly direction, you could see a shower in edinburgh. 0vernight, the wind changes direction and showers mainly confined to north—west scotland. clear skies developing elsewhere that it will be a cold night with light winds. we will see some frost patches developing, frosty in aberdeen, newcastle and hull. in the countryside, temperatures could drop a degree or so below that. for monday, we start off with high pressure with us but the next

weather system's going to be moving on from the west through the day so we will see further changes in the weather. a bright start the day, though, with sunshine but cold and frosty first thing. it will turn cloudy particular through the west and the cloud could be low with mist and the cloud could be low with mist and fog patches developing over high ground, perhaps wales, perhaps the pennines, rain setting in four west scotla nd pennines, rain setting in four west scotland and northern ireland for the eastern areas are still quite chilly but telling milder which averages 12 degrees in plymouth. milderair averages 12 degrees in plymouth. milder air will is spreading across other parts of the uk on tuesday thanks to the south wind but at the same time, the slow—moving weather fronts will bring in heavy rain to northern ireland, scotland, perhaps into cumbria as well, with rainfall totals really building up across west scotland and potentially cumbria, we could see localised surface water flooding here. cumbria, we could see localised surface waterflooding here. away from that, writer or sunny spells and turning milder, temperatures 13 degrees in london —— brighter. heading into the middle part of the week, the area of rain tends to clear away and we see high pressure

building and across the uk for a time because of the weather becomes more settled, really from wednesday onwards. but it looks like we will see that rain clearing away with some frost and fog patches forming underneath that area of high pressure with some sunny spells around but we will probably see those temperatures easing down a few degrees as well put up so we will see some further changes in the weather as we go through the next few days but at least today, for most of us, the brighter day with a bit more sunshine to go around but feeling just a little bit cooler. we will take that, chris, a bit of everything for the week ahead. grateful for the sunny spells. time now for this week's film review, with mark kermode. hello, and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode — rounding up the best movies available for viewing in cinemas and in the home.

the disaster movie is one of cinema's most enduring genres. from the fire and brimstone of early biblical epics like the ten commandments, through ‘30s classics like in old chicago and san francisco, to the ‘70s heyday of towering inferno and earthquake, and onto such 21st—century offerings as the day after tomorrow. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the most extraordinary, exciting and unforgettable experience available on this planet. now into this long tradition comes skyfire, a chinese film shot in malaysia with a british director, turkish—american composer, and an anglo—asian cast — quite the cultural melting pot. jason isaacs plays the sinister entrepreneur who builds a hotel on the side of a volcano, which he is certain won't erupt for at least another 150 years. hannah quinlivan is the volcanologist who lost her mother

to molten lava many years ago, and has dedicated her life to mapping volcanic activity — of which inevitably there is a lot. with everything that's going on in the world at the moment, we can all be forgiven for craving some big, silly entertainment. and entertainment doesn't come much bigger or sillier than skyfire. from the moment a sinisterly purple—suited jason isaacs declares in a comedy south african accent that... we're all going to be fine. ..you know that no one is going to be fine. 0n the contrary — this is all going to end badly, which is entirely appropriate since it also starts badly and middles badly. lifting rifts from krakatoa: east ofjava and dante's peak, and ripping its plot so thoroughly off a steven spielberg dinosaur movie, they might as well have called it "jurassic spark". running the gamut of every disaster

movie cliche imaginable, skyfire delivers a series of cheesy, emotional peaks and troughs — explained by dialogue that appears to have been written by a speak & spell machine, and interspersed every few minutes with another massive explosion and rain of fire. to be clear — skyfire is not a good movie. in fact, in many ways, it's a very bad movie. but watching this preposterous tosh, which briefly topped the chinese box office last year and is available on dvd and digital here from monday — i found myself grinning from ear to ear at the sheer cavalcade of utter nonsense. whatever the flaws of skyfire, i enjoyed it a lot more than hillbilly elegy, which is now on netflix and provides a timely reminder that awards season is officially upon us. more's the pity. i told you that i would do better. you always say that, you're lying! and i am always trying! you gotta think about these kids. what do you think i've been thinking about since i was 18 years old?

never had a life where it wasn't "thinking about the kids"! adapted by screenwriter vanessa taylor and director ron howard from the 2016 memoir bij vance, the story is divided between vance's memories of his hill—country roots and childhood in ohio, and his fish—out—of—water awkwardness at a posh scale dinner where he doesn't know which fork to use. what brings these story lines together is news thatjd‘s violently unpredictable mum, bev, is in the hospital after taking an overdose. although, as played by amy adams, she seems to have 0d—ed on the same "give me an award" acting pills that renee zellweger swallowed for cold mountain. who, huh, who?! you?! meanwhile, glenn close sports historically accurate yet somehow still caricatured mrs brady old—lady glasses and frizzy hair ast‘s grandma — a fearsome figure who teaches him life lessons whilst sporting a range of t—shirts that seem to have been pre—owned by mike tyson. there's been much debate

about the politics of vance's source memoir, which have been widely discussed in terms of understanding the rise of donald trump. but when it comes to the movie, the real question is, how can something so packed with fights, overdoses, punch—ups and triumph—over—adversity struggle to be quite so boring? why is it that, despite the presence of talents like adams and close, i never thought i was watching anything other than actors acting — a pantomime imitation of life? the fault, i think, lies in howard's direction, which is simultaneously overcooked and underdone — a series of inert set pieces that scream for our attention while leaving us utterly unmoved. worth noting too that, despite its 0scar—bait credentials, hillbilly elegy has already drawn the kind of savage reviews that could well scupper its awards chances. it may be based on real life, but nothing about this very contemporary drama rings true. indeed, if it's the truth you're after, you're much better off

turning to a documentary. in 2015, a fire at the collectiv nightclub in bucharest resulted in the deaths of more than 60 people, many of whom died in hospital of bacterial infections. thanks to an investigation, it emerged that disinfectants at those hospitals were being diluted for profit, while vast sums intended for health care were lining the pockets of the rich and powerful. this entire terrifying story and its fallout is brilliantly captured in collective — a powerful and disturbing documentary by toto & his sisters director alexander nanau. from the appalling outbreak of the fire to the government resignations, threats,

and deaths that followed, collective offers a uniquely intimate insight into an unfolding tragedy. a hotly—tipped contender for the best documentary 0scar, it's also been selected as romania's entry for best international feature. it's harrowing stuff, taking an unflinching look at the human cost of systemic political corruption and shining a spotlight on those who are determined to uncover that corruption whatever the cost. at a time when certain prominent world leaders are blithely calling the press "the enemy of the people," collective reminds us of the crucial role of investigative journalism — even when that journalism upsets those in power. this story may come from romania, but it has urgent international appeal. you can find collective on a range of platforms like amazon, apple and curzon, and in a few cinemas in scotland. this gay guy wanted me to find out whether another guy was gay. was he? yeah, a little bit.

0h. that's nice. in the off—puttingly entitled the kid detective, adam brody plays abe appelbaum — a small—town sleuth who was once a local hero, a preteen precociously cracking cases from his tree house. we're counting on you. i was so far ahead in the game. but one day, ijust woke up behind. now he's a washed—up has—been, derailed by an unsolved missing girl mystery that hung heavy on his young shoulders. so when highschooler caroline asks abe to find out who killed her boyfriend, he spies a shot at redemption. can he crack the case and prove others — and himself — that he's more than just a little boy lost in a big man's shirt? the directorial feature debut from evan morgan, this clearly owes a debt to such high school neo—noirs as rian johnson's brick, or more recently tayarisha poe's selah and the spades — although for my money, it's not as good as either

of those films. instead, it's an entertainingly stylish if ultimately a empty caper which starts out as a whimsical comedy, then mutates into something much darker without ever quite deciding just how funny or serious it actually wants to be. he's lying. beneath the tricksy surface, there are melancholy questions about what happens if school days really do turn out to be the best days of your life? a terrifying thought. but, like its antihero, the film seems uncertain how to handle that shift to adulthood, leaving it stranded uneasily between cynical, wisecracking comedy and something more elusively substantial. the kid detective is now playing in cinemas in scotland, wales, and northern ireland, and then in england after lockdown. sometimes to get what you want, you have to not want what you want. think about it. i'll leave you with news of something altogether

more unexpected — a belgian nudist tragicomedy. no, really. set in a remote naturist campsite in the ardennes, patrick follows the titular son of the camps owners as he worries over the loss of first his hammer, and then his father. meanwhile, others are involved in a covert attempt to seize control of the camp, taking advantage of a situation that's left patrick bothered and bewildered. the fact that all this plays out in the nude is the least remarkable thing about this beautifully deadpan drama from writer—director tim mielants — a veteran of such tv shows as peaky blinders and legion. as mielants says of his own experiences in a naturist campsite in the ‘80s, "it wasn't the nudity, but the odd encounters with the strange individuals i came across that remained indelibly etched on my mind." the same is true of the film,

which focuses on the internal struggles within this cloistered community, slipping dextrously between humour, pathos, and intrigue. just as the cast ranges from acclaimed stage and screen actor pierre bokma — the derekjacobi of dutch drama — to new zealand comedian—musician jemaine clement, so the tone shifts from sadness to absurdity in an instant. at the centre of it all is kevinjanssens — an innocent with a touch of forrest gump who proves remarkably resilient in his grail—like quest to find his hammer. it all adds up to a thoroughly unexpected and oddly moving comedy—drama — by turns funny, foolish, and strangely heartfelt. you can find patrick at the chapter cardiff and on digital, with virtual cinema partnerships in which half the fee goes to your local art—house cinema.

that's it for this week. thanks for watching the film review. stay safe, and i'll see you next week. you asked which of my friends had the most cake? it's an old trick. when you answer a question like that, your memory becomes extremely selective. you're really telling me who you trust the least — without even knowing it. cool it only fails if you have a really fat friend.

hello, this is breakfast with nina warhurst and ben thompson. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. our top story: a plan to lift england's lockdown on december the second will be finalised by government ministers today. the prime minister is planning to replace the national lockdown with a stricter version of the "three—tiered" system of restrictions, with more areas facing tougher rules, although pubs maybe allowed to stay open beyond 10pm. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. what will christmas look like this year? we'll soon find out. tomorrow, borisjohnson will confirm to parliament that england

is coming out of national lockdown on the second of december and going back into regional tiers of coronavirus restrictions. the system will be stricter this time round, with more areas under tighter rules. leicester's had tighter restrictions for months and infection rates are still high. it's what it is, we've gotta keep on with it and it'll be all right in the end, as they say. i'm just finding it very frustrating, and, maybe i'm wrong, but ijust think if everybody kept to the rules, it might be better. laughs. ministers will decide on thursday which areas will go into which tier, but across all tiers, there will be special arrangements to allow families to meet over christmas, and a four nation approach is still being discussed. we all want to see our loved ones again but some are concerned about the consequences. any mixing that we see over the festive period, unfortunately, is going to carry with it a risk that will see a rise in infections afterwards, and the levels of community transmission we're having at the moment are very serious. we don't know what they will be

like in december but it almost certainly won't be like they were in the summer where people were able to mix a little bit more. and remember that at the moment we're seeing a huge amount of hospitalisations and dozens, if not hundreds of deaths, every day, and i think the price we might pay for this might be quite considerable. the cabinet will meet today to discuss the plans and mps will vote on whether to bring in the new system. labour said it would look closely at the proposals but said the new framework must bring certainty for businesses. ministers are stressing this festive period won't be normal but hope that vaccines and mass testing will offer a route towards relaxing restrictions further. leila nathoo, bbc news. the chancellor is expected to pledge more than £3 billion to help the nhs in england recover from the pandemic. rishi sunak will announce the package in his spending review on wednesday, but writing in today's sunday times, he says high levels of borrowing can't are go on indefinitely and he warns that the uk

is experiencing "economic shock". people from the australian state of victoria will be allowed unrestricted access to neighbouring new south wales today, for the first time in nearly five months. borders were closed in earlyjuly following a surge of coronavirus cases in the state capital, melbourne, and heavy restrictions were put in place. the strictest measures can now be lifted after victoria recorded no new cases of the virus for 23 consecutive days. no such positive news in california. nearly all of california's 40 million residents are now living under a night—time curfew in a bid to curb a steep rise in coronavirus infections. the new order, which follows similar measures in new york city, requires californians to stay at home from 10pm until 5am. six people are being treated in hospital, one for a serious head injury and three for what's believed to be stab wounds, after a large fight

in the centre of cardiff. police were called to queen street just before 10:00 last night. they arrested two people on suspicion of violent disorder. latex gloves have been, quite literally, a life—saver during this pandemic. but they also pose a serious environmental problem. standard latex takes around 100 years to decompose. now a team of scientists believe they have come up with a solution, as our science correspondent richard westcott reports. the world pulls on 150 billion pairs of protective latex gloves every year. most are synthetic and end up in landfill for decades. it is a huge environmental problem and covid's making it worse, which is why scientists at the university in bedfordshire are developing a new type of natural latex that's better for the planet. this is synthetic latex, made from petroleum, it

biodegrade in about 100 years. this is natural latex from rubber trees, still hangs around for a couple of yea rs. still hangs around for a couple of years. this is the new kind of rubber latex they're developing in this lab and they say it could biodegrade in a matter of weeks. it isa biodegrade in a matter of weeks. it is a version of natural latex but without the allergens so people won't be allergic to them. they will also be much quicker to make, but the biggest benefit could be to our carbon footprint. there is a fantastic opportunity. if we go into natural latex which is produced by rubber trees from carbon dioxide, water & energy, we will be able to have a real impact on the environment. approximately 50% of the excessive carbon, atmospheric carbon, could be turned into rubber gloves. that is staggering, that is a staggering figure. half of the excess carbon, potentially taken out of the atmosphere if we just swapped

over to these gloves? yes but we would have to turn into natural rubber gloves and that means quite a lot of latex to produce and deliver from plantations. the project's funded by a big medical company that's about to stop producing the new clu bs that's about to stop producing the new clubs in malaysia. they hope doesn't gloves in malaysia. they hope to open a new workshop in the uk next year. mesmerising. exactly the word! let's bring you some sport now, and exactly a year after taking over as tottenham manager, jose mourinho has guided them to the top of the premier league. spurs' win over manchester city saw them move above chelsea who briefly briefly topped the table after beating newcastle. craig templeton has all the details. ina in a topsy—turvy season, it's totte n ha m in a topsy—turvy season, it's tottenham who topped the table but perhaps only temporarily. chances

can be at a premium against manchester city when you get them, you have to take them. they did exactly that. giovanni had only been on the pitch for 30 seconds when he did this. suite finished! jose mourinho masterclass which put spurs at the summit for the first time in six years with the manager's not getting carried away. we are not fighting for the title, we are fighting for the title, we are fighting to win every match. and we're going to fight to win the opening match and we're going to lose matches and we're going to draw matches. so this is a process. earlier in the day it had been chelsea who were in pole position after a win at newcastle. a burst of german acceleration from timo werner left abra ham with german acceleration from timo werner left abraham with the easiest of tasks. aston villa had had a surprising start of the season. so much so that it win against brighton

would have put them top but the seaside is and danny welbeck had other well —— other ideas. his first goalfor the club other well —— other ideas. his first goal for the club helping other well —— other ideas. his first goalfor the club helping brighton to their first goalfor the club helping brighton to theirfirst win goalfor the club helping brighton to their first win at villa park in their history. history is a word that looms large at old trafford. it looked like they would not mop points when bruno fernandes missed from the spot... you have to make this be reta ken, from the spot... you have to make this be retaken, what drama! but his second a stamped gave them all three points. —— second attempt. the autumn nations cup continues today as scotland play france at murrayfield. in the other group, there were wins yesterday for england and wales. jo currie has the best of the action. every year, every yea r, test every year, test match rugby lights up every year, test match rugby lights up the autumn. england, ireland, a lwa ys up the autumn. england, ireland, always a fiery encounter with twickenham silence, it was left of the players to make the noise was top stepped forward tojohnny may, leaving highest before crossing the line but this wasn't his crowning moment. from deep inside his own

half, make may danced around the irish defence, reaching his own kick first. the flying machine will win the race. rory underwood has more. a special moment that deserves an audience. what a try for england! two tries were all that england needed the answers they squeezed on endowed large —— last ditch tackles will stop for english rugby in november... wales entertained georgia to enter game losing streak 06 game losing streak. fans were hopeful of a big match performance but they were made to work for it. in the driving rain it was left to the teenager lewis rees zimet... a try on his first international start not bad for a 19—year—old. after the break, wales showed a quick thinking and quick hands, rees setting up rees web for eight much—needed score

and that proved enough. finally a win and a comfortable albeit not spectacular display. next up, wales face england and with it a much tougher test. it is just about to turn 6:39. we all know that social media provides a platform for strangers to argue and trade insults, but it can also be a great way to seek out and support other people who are going through a tough time. that's what gabrielle livingstone did. herfather is terminally ill with cancer and over the last few months she's built an online community of new friends who understand how that feels. bbc scotland's ‘the nine' sent fiona stalker to meet her. the other day i received a message from this girl and i don't think i have ever felt so proud. she said from this girl and i don't think i have everfelt so proud. she said my posts inspired her to go therapy for the first time ever. just one of hundreds of messages gabrielle's received after setting up the

unheard group. the 19—year—old got the devastating news that her dad had terminal cancerfour the devastating news that her dad had terminal cancer four years ago. i found out because had terminal cancer four years ago. ifound out because i had terminal cancer four years ago. i found out because i was listening in on my parents conversations because they were acting weird for weeks. and my brother and i had been eavesdropping and we just knew something was wrong and we had heard words like stage three and terminal and all these different words for it and all these different words for it andi and all these different words for it and i never really put the pieces together until my dad told me. pieces formed a grim picture and gabrielle's dad's condition has worsened during lockdown. gabrielle's dad's condition has worsened during lockdownlj gabrielle's dad's condition has worsened during lockdown. i couldn't even hug mum and dad, i couldn't even hug mum and dad, i couldn't even hug mum and dad, i couldn't even hug my own dad and that's one of, that was just horrible. my dad is my best friend. alone and isolated, gabrielle wanted to connect with other young people who simply got it. i wasn't doing very well mentally and i was just in a really dark place. and it was actually my flatmates, my sisters, who kind of pushed me towards doing

it, they were like write that post, you've wanted to do it for awhile, write it. and i posted something on main instagram and just explained what was going on and how i felt and then i started my unheard group and then i started my unheard group and the arab —— the reaction i received was incredible. beth was one of the first to respond. when you put the post about the mouth, that is so funny because it i've experienced the same sort of thing. she was only three when she lost her dad to cancer. i never three when she lost her dad to cancer. | never remember three when she lost her dad to cancer. i never remember seeing him in the hospital because he was only ill for a short period of time so i kind of never remember seeing him ill. the only time i remember is i didn't recognise him because when you are younger, you don't see them sitting and not looking like themselves and i was so scared i didn't even want to hug him.|j themselves and i was so scared i didn't even want to hug him. ijust ididn't didn't even want to hug him. ijust i didn't recognise him. but finally, 17 years later, beth fields heard.

it has been so good to bounce off each other and we have related with so each other and we have related with so many things we do, habits, bad habits we have or, you know, our feelings. it has been so nice to relate to somebody who has been through those emotions and that is the most important thing about the group, it is a safe space where you can say anything you want. you know, we're not going tojudge. can say anything you want. you know, we're not going to judge. and this is safe space is the key for young people struggling with parental cancer journey. people struggling with parental cancerjourney. social media is the way lots of young people and adults are getting their support. i think it, what it says really is i think it, what it says really is i think it is really positive, it is great for young people, it says i want to have mavis —— my voice heard on the way i want to have it and that could be at three in the morning. it could be at three in the morning. it could be reaching out to somebody in a different country. i think it is really important because having an illness in a family can be very isolating. gabrielle hasjust a few photos of her dad was not he has

a lwa ys photos of her dad was not he has always been fairly self—conscious, even more so now he always been fairly self—conscious, even more so now he is seriously ill. she knows how this part of the story will eventually end but she also knows she has been heard and she is not alone. my dad is so proud of me, i've never seen him so proud of me, i've never seen him so proud of me, i've never seen him so proud of me in my life, itjust makes me s0 of me in my life, itjust makes me so happy. i want to reach as many as people as possible because there are s0 people as possible because there are so many people out there i know and they are feeling the exact same way that i feel and beth feels and i want, honestly, i just that i feel and beth feels and i want, honestly, ijust wanted to explode. —— want it to explode. so good to hear when social media is used for good. that was fiona stalker reporting. let's see how the weather's looking. chris has the forecast. good morning. writer weather today, a bit more in the way of sunshine to go around but with the —— brighter. it will be cooler and shy to, mostly across the north of the uk. this is the weather charts for today. cold

air having worked in across the uk. for most of us, it will be a bright start but across the south, thicker cloud, still bringing drizzle. eventually turning brighter with hazy sunshine but just eventually turning brighter with hazy sunshine butjust on the northward edge of this area of cloud, we have got some fog patches that have formed across likes of gloucestershire and into parts of 0xfordshire as well stop similar conditions for a time in wales before those brighter conditions work in. much more in sunshine in the wales, northern counties of england. writer day with, —— brighter. given the wind direction, the showers will move right through the showers will move right through the central belt. you could see an odd one popping up in edinburgh. 0vernight, showers continue in scotla nd 0vernight, showers continue in scotland but as the wind changes direction, they will become confined to the north—west, otherwise it is dry with clear spells and light winds. the combination that being

cold tonight with temperatures dropping down to freezing even in the cities, the countryside could get a degree or two below freezing. some frost to start the day on monday. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. south—westerly winds will bring in some milder hour, but it will be a cold start to the day. great weather and sunshine before things cloud overin and sunshine before things cloud over in the west, and we macy's hill fog in wales and may the pennines with rain setting and for northern ireland in western scotland later in the day. it turns milder in the west, but still quite chilly across eastern scotland and eastern england too. the milder hour will win out for most of england into tuesday, but at the same time we've got this slow—moving weather front that's going to bring wet weather across northern ireland and scotland, and across west scotland and cumbria we will see some fairly large rainfall totals holding up here, so we could see some localised surface water flooding building through tuesday afternoon. further south—east, the

drier and brighter the weather gets with some sunshine, temperatures lifting to 12 or 13 quite widely across england and wales. so it set to turn milder. the last dregs of that rain will tend to ease through wednesday. thursday looking dry across the whole of the uk as high—pressure bills. later in the week, as it builds, some mist and fog patches through the mornings, a few patches of frost, but it should be dry and bright with some spells of sunshine as we go through thursday, perhaps into friday as well. that's the latest weathers. that will do nicely. a bit of sunshine as the week goes on — that will do nicely. we will be back with the headlines at seven. time now for a special investigation into an industry which has boomed in recent years — private pregnancy scans. rihanna croxford has been looking into it. at first, i was doing them every two weeks. it's an industry that's thriving. having the reassurance from private

scans has literally got me through. many women say they help, but is there a risk of false reassurance? that's what i specifically paid for, to check for ectopic and they got it so wrong. we investigate concerns about how scanning studios operate... to embark on a scan of a woman who's been bleeding is appalling. ..go inside a company whatsapp group which reviews scans... i knew something was wrong straightaway. i didn't know what to do. . . hear from a whistle—blower who claims problems will be missed... they want to be all singing, all dancing, medical checks, pictures, and it can't be done in a five to eight minute scan. ..and ask whether there needs to be change. regulation is needed now. we're seeing a huge expansion of these clinics. on our high streets,

one business is booming. for many women, pregnancy can be a really anxious time and they're keen to check on their baby's health. the nhs provides two scans unless there is a clinical need for more. but more than 200 businesses now offer a solution — reassurance scans. hope thought she'd struggle to have children because of previous ill—health. hey! hey, how are you doing? good, thank you. she said it made her especially anxious when she became pregnant. how have you been feeling? yeah, not so bad. you feel like you're dreaming a little bit. ijust couldn't believe it. it was like such a big gift and then i thought, what if this doesn't last? she's now six months pregnant and has had five private scans costing between £60 and £100 each. i've put all the pictures all over my wall. he is literally, like, the last thing i see at night

and the first thing i see in the morning. she says being able to bring her boyfriend along to the private ones, unlike nhs scans, has made a real difference. it's been the most relieving, relieving experience ever. i would go in quite tense, i would have the most sleepless night before just with pure worry, so when you then come out of that and you know everything's 0k, like... and i would say, i feel pretty relieved for maybe a good couple of days, up to a week, and then the cycle then starts again. do you feel like the private scans reduce or increase your anxiety? i get what you mean — is it reinforcing the anxiety? but i found the relief, being able to just sleep at night and not worry even just for one night was just worth it, just to know that everything was ok today. scans are carried out by sonographers. anyone can call themselves one. it's not a regulated profession, like being a midwife.

companies offer a variety of services including the chance to get souvenir images or video, to find out the gender or check for abnormalities. my children could have been without a mother. carrie—anne felt anxious after recognising pregnancy symptoms having undergone a sterilising procedure. she was worried about her increased risk of an ectopic pregnancy where the foetus grows outside the womb and so booked a scan at a studio run by window to the womb in lisburn. it is contradicting itself. 'foetus absent and normal live pregnancy'. even though the foetus couldn't be seen during the scan and despite her history, the studio recorded a normal pregnancy. a day later, she began bleeding and went to the nhs. so i explain to the hospital that i had been for a private ectopic scan and that everything was fine, it wasn't ectopic,

so they did rescan me and they didn't pick up the ectopic either, so i was home, believing that i was miscarrying. the bleeding continued. two weeks later, she was sent to a&e. my fallopian tubes had ruptured and my stomach had filled with blood. i was hours from death. so there was no miscarriage, it was an ectopic pregnancy. the company says it's unable to comment due to legal proceedings. revealing the baby's gender has become a big part of many pregnancies. party gifts is an industry worth tens of millions of pounds. go! we've spoken to a woman who attended a scan with window to the womb in salford to check her baby's well—being and record its genderfor a party. we've learned the company identified a serious abnormality incompatible with life where part or all of the foetus's head is missing called anencephaly. but rather than refer her

immediately to hospital and provide a medical report, the woman was told the baby's head couldn't be fully seen and recommended to book an nhs anomaly scan. it was absolutely immoral. it was disgusting. they let this poor girl leave and then go to a gender reveal party, name the baby, open gifts and that baby couldn't live. they even gave the little girl a teddy bear with the heartbeat of her little sister. she only found out when she showed the scan images to a family friend who is an experienced stenographer. i saw the pictures in front of me and the abnormality was so obvious and so grotesque, i couldn't believe my eyes, in all honesty. i had to break the news that that baby couldn't live. i had to do that over the telephone, and they were hysterical, absolutely hysterical. window to the womb have said all their staff are registered with the health and care

professions council, but we found the sonographer who conducted the scan was not. at the time, the mother wrote to the company saying, "i feel betrayed, distraught and lost for words." the company apologised. it says the sonographer left shortly afterwards and the incident led to best practice being reinforced across its branches. available from 15 weeks plus... some companies say they are not medical and don't diagnose problems. one of these, called meet your miracle, advertises reassurance scans which it says visualise well—being. we have been passed to these messages from the company's whatsapp group which show sonographers and management sharing and discussing customer scans, sometimes during appointments. any ideas at all? i have asked her outside. 0ne sonographer told the group she felt guilty after having to let a woman leave without telling her about a possible serious abnormality. i knew something was wrong straightaway — didn't know what to do. i feel terrible at saying nothing

and i'm racked with guilt for not saying anything. despite being a non—medical company, we've been told women are accepted for scans who are bleeding and in pain rather than being recommended to visit the nhs first. the company says it's scans are largely recreational and under its registration, it cannot discuss any concerns unless they are relevant to the baby's heartbeat. it says it advises women bleeding and in pain to attend the nhs, but its service detecting a heartbeat is invaluable in reducing anxiety. other companies do advertise medical scans which diagnose abnormalities. window to the womb is one of the biggest. these leaked internal documents show that three spina bifida cases were missed in a single week in may. the mistakes were clearly visible according to the compa ny‘s directors. they described the cases as a pattern of similar and serious errors which confirm that the sonographers are not thoroughly checking all elements of the babies' development. this whistle—blower has worked

as a sonographer in a number of branches alongside herjob in the nhs. there's so many women. it's like a conveyor belt. there's been near misses already. she claims working conditions mean problems will be missed. they want to be all singing, all dancing, medical checks, pictures, and it can't be done in a five to eight minute scan and it can't be done effectively when you've already done 30. you would never do a medical scan in the nhs with all those distractions going on. it's really important that a sonographer is able to concentrate and not have somebody try to sell the customer a teddy bear. pregnancy can be a really anxious time for many women. what's wrong if they need that extra reassurance? there's nothing wrong with extra reassurance, but what i'm finding is that they're wanting it earlier and earlier. you know, they offer scans from six weeks when it's a bit hit and miss if you can even see anything that you can relate to. so then it's back for another scan and then maybe another and then a gender scan. the company says it conducts more than 100,000 scans a year and human error can occur. it said 15—minute

appointments are the same length used by some nhs trusts and are not full anomaly scans. we wanted to see what people made of their service. many positive reviews are left online. what an incredible, stunning place... but we found the owner of multiple branches using their own facebook accounts to praise studios. and this is the standard for ultrasound clinics to aspire to, five stars. thank you so much for your amazing review, mark. we've also discovered one of the company's directors posting reviews saying... really impressed how the clinic is keeping everyone safe during the coronavirus outbreak. the same image is used on his facebook profile. we asked window to the womb why managers hadn't disclosed their connection to the company. it said it recognised that a handful of these reviews do not link with appointments and planned to remove them immediately. we showed our evidence

to an expert in ultrasound. telling somebody to leave without telling them there's something wrong is... it's appalling, really. jacqueline torrington has over 20 years' experience scanning. my fallopian tubes had ruptured and my stomach had filled with blood. i was hours from death. a lady with an ectopic — that is horrifying. i mean, that is so dangerous. nothing about this report actually adds up. foetus absent and normal, live pregnancy. that's completely contradictory. it's a very striking catalogue of incredibly poor practice. it ranges from incredibly dangerous to anxiety inducing and all of it is... ..wrong. the care quality commission is responsible for regulating the services companies provide,

but we found branches that have not been inspected since opening four years ago and learned it doesn't review samples of scans as part of inspections. in a statement, it says there is good quality care in the industry as a whole but it has a growing concern. the government says the majority of sonographers are qualified nurses or radiographers, but experts in interpreting imagery say regulation of sonographers is needed. you're doing the most difficult scans at the trickiest time for the most anxious group of people on a workforce who do not necessarily know their level of skills, their level of expertise and what training they've actually had. many staff at these companies working as radiographers and midwives will be regulated, so why does any of this matter? it matters now because of the massive increase in these companies. if you said to most members of the public, "do you realise that some of the people scanning you actually do not have an easy way of demonstrating that expertise?" i think the mums would be surprised.

problems in pregnancy are rare, but women who have experienced them say it's vital private scans do not lead to false reassurance. it has put an effect on mine and my husband's relationship because it's something that... i don't know, could it happen again? will it happen again? and can i trust anybody'sjudgment that it's not going to happen? you know? it was just so close and it's one of them things that thank god i came out the other side, but how wrong could this go for somebody else?

good morning, welcome to breakfast with nina warhurst and ben thompson. 0ur headlines today: lockdown in england will be replaced by a tougher three tier system when it comes to an end on december second. borisjohnson will give mps more details tomorrow and will also

reveal how families will be able to come together at christmas. clearing the nhs backlog. the chancellor promises extra money to the health service in this week's spending review but warns of an "economic shock" to come. tottenham are top of the table.spurs beat manchester city to take the lead in the premier league butjose mourinho insists they're not fighting for the title. brighter with more sunshine but call outside today for stockmen while the north of the uk will continue to see scattered showers. 0nly north of the uk will continue to see scattered showers. only for a full forecast later on. it's sunday november the 22nd. our top story: a plan to lift england's lockdown on december the second will be finalised by government ministers today. the prime minister is planning to replace the national lockdown with a stricter version of the "three—tiered" system of restrictions — with more areas facing tougher rules — although pubs maybe allowed to stay open beyond 10pm. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports.

what will christmas look like this year? we'll soon find out. tomorrow, borisjohnson will confirm to parliament that england is coming out of national lockdown on the second of december and going back into regional tiers of coronavirus restrictions. the system will be stricter this time round, with more areas under tighter rules. leicester's had tighter restrictions for months and infection rates are still high. it's what it is, we've gotta keep on with it and it'll be all right in the end, as they say. i'm just finding it very frustrating, and, maybe i'm wrong, but ijust think if everybody kept to the rules, it might be better. laughs. ministers will decide on thursday which areas will go into which tier, but across all tiers, there will be special arrangements to allow families to meet over christmas, and a four nation approach is still being discussed. we all want to see our loved ones again but some are concerned about the consequences.

any mixing that we see over the festive period, unfortunately, is going to carry with it a risk that will see a rise in infections afterwards, and the levels of community transmission we're having at the moment are very serious. we don't know what they will be like in december but it's almost certain they won't be like they were in the summer where people were able to mix a little bit more. and remember that at the moment we're seeing a huge amount of hospitalisations and dozens, if not hundreds of deaths, every day, and i think the price we might pay for this might be quite considerable. the cabinet will meet today to discuss the plans and mps will vote on whether to bring in the new system. labour said it would look closely at the proposals but said the new framework must bring certainty for businesses. ministers are stressing this festive period won't be normal but hope that vaccines and mass testing will offer a route towards relaxing restrictions further. leila nathoo, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is in

our london newsroom. helen, we're waiting for the exact details but can you tell us more about what the prime minister looks set to reveal? and the chancellor rishi sunak is planning to announce some extra funding for the nhs this week — but it comes with a warning about the nation's finances. we don't have the precise details on what the prime minister is going to announce. we don't have the precise details on what the prime minister is going to announce. we we don't have the precise details on what the prime minister is going to announce. we know we don't have the precise details on what the prime minister is going to announce. we know the we don't have the precise details on what the prime minister is going to announce. we know the overall direction of travel is that the new tier restrictions will be tougher than when we went into this all england national lock town. some areas were put into two high tier so it will be safe to bet that if you are ina it will be safe to bet that if you are in a lower tier, life will be more restrictive than it is then. there is one area that will bear —— that there would be a loosening that that there would be a loosening that that was the 10pm curfew, it is expected boris johnson that was the 10pm curfew, it is expected borisjohnson will say that was the 10pm curfew, it is expected boris johnson will say 10pm will become last orders and people will become last orders and people will then become —— have another hour to eat and drink up. that is one change. again, christmas, that is one thing, people or want to know what the arrangements will be for that and there have been suggestions in the papers, as yet, we don't have

any firm details on what is going to be announced. beyond that, the government hopes to co—ordinate. be announced. beyond that, the government hopes to co-ordinate. we also know the cost of all of this is coming home to roost. we will hear from rishi sunak, the chancellor, spending —— planning some changes in his spending review. already we know the nhs could get some extra cash. £300 billion, that is when she soon act will announce how much money each department will get over the next year. that will help clear backlogs and provide some more money for mental health services. but there is always a but to these things, in the interview the chancellor gave to the sunday times, he also said on wednesday, we would see the economic shock laid bare. warnings that he can't keep on borrowing forever. at some point he is going to have to put the finances back on a sustainable footing. absolutely. for now, thank you, helen catt, political correspondent.

in other news, the australian state of victoria will open its borders to other states today — for the first time in nearly five months. borders were closed in earlyjuly following a surge of coronavirus cases in the state capital, melbourne — and heavy restrictions were put in place. the strictest measures can now be lifted after victoria recorded no new cases of the virus for 23 consecutive days. in california, it's not such positive news. nearly all of the us state's 40 million residents are now living under a night—time curfew in a bid to curb a steep rise in coronavirus infections. the new order, which follows similar measures in new york city, requires californians to stay at home from 10pm until 5am. us health officials have also urged americans to avoid travelling for the thanksgiving holiday on thursday. how about this for a big zoom meeting? the first day of the g20 summit has taken place, with leaders of the world's richest

nations joining the conversation online because of the pandemic. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in the saudi capital, riyadh. a busy first day lyse, but there was a notable absence wasn't there? well, it was a zoom call of all zoom calls, even the powerful g20 family has to meet their own table online these days. when they all came up on these days. when they all came up on the screen here in riyadh, everyone was there, vladimir putin of russia was there, vladimir putin of russia was a little bit late to the chair, there is always one that is late to there is always one that is late to the call. everyone was waiting to see whether donald trump, the president, would be appearing. this is his first major international weathering, albeit online, since the elections in the united states that he disputes. he stayed there for the call but then suddenly, i mean, there is very few secrets online, there is very few secrets online, the president of the united states started tweeting during the opening statements, all about the elections. he italy says the call is wrong,

that he won the election and then afterwards when everyone all the leaders went off our screens at least to discuss among themselves, this local pandemic that is affecting everyone, including the united states were a —— where there are 200,000 casesjust united states were a —— where there are 200,000 cases just yesterday, donald trump left the white house and decided to spend his time golfing instead. extraordinary. lease to set in riyadh, many thanks. —— —— lyse doucet. six people are being treated in hospital, one for a serious head injury and three for what's believed to be stab wounds, after a large fight in the centre of cardiff. police were called to queen street just before ten o'clock last night. they arrested two people on suspicion of violent disorder. a baby elephant has been rescued after it fell down

a well in india. the female calf had to be sedated and lifted out by a crane which took more than 12 hours and is now said to be healthy and active. 0fficials said the well in the tamil nadu state in the south of the country was covered with pushers and had no perimeter wall. as we've been hearing this morning, england will return to the three—tier system after lockdown ends on the second of december — but with more areas facing tougher restrictions. let's get an idea of how the information will be released. borisjohnson will meet his cabinet today to discuss and sign off the covid winter plan. he will then present it to mps on monday, when he's expected to outline details on how families can see loved ones at christmas. and on thursday, ministers will decide which parts of england will be placed under tier one,

two or three. mps will then vote on the new system before it's introduced. we can speak now to the conservative mpjake berry. he leads the northern research group, which has been campaigning for a clear route out of lockdown. and we're alsojoined by the north of tyne mayor, jamie driscoll. good morning to both of you. first question, the most important issue and people's mines, at the moment, when we look ahead to christmas, jamie, should we be allowed to mix with other households? —— —— minds. allen will want to, we all want to keep people safe. i think whatever restrictions we have, they have to be based on not playing to the gallery, to be honest. if we have track and trace and the power to isolate people, if we look at restrictions, the 10pm curfew, i think pretty much every leader atley across the north has said why are we

like this? it doesn't seem to be working. that is the approach i would say. let's do what actually works, keep people safejust would say. let's do what actually works, keep people safe just to be clear, the numbers are rising in newcastle, for example, 438 per 100,000 cases. should we be saying to people who live in the area, go ahead, mix on christmas day? people have to follow the rules and stay safe stop the restrictions are only letting so far. it is one thing to say to people you can't mix but if you don't know who has got coronavirus, if you don't know who is spreading it, you can't really get on top of this. that is why we have test and trace. liverpool's mass testing is on people who are asymptomatic but spreading that at the moment, the national database isn't very good at letting people follow u p isn't very good at letting people follow up on those people. everybody that i have spoken to want to keep themselves and their families are safe but if you don't know you've got it, how can you do that? if you are ata got it, how can you do that? if you are at a really low—paid worker, how

can you self isolate? need the proper systems in place. how do we fix it? not, this false between looking up to economy are looking after people, you can look up both at the same time. you hear there from jamie about christmas, it is a real challenge, isn't it? people wa nt to real challenge, isn't it? people want to meet their families but if we look at where you are, one of the highest rates of infection in the country, it is a tough call. are you going to support the idea of letting people meet at christmas? absolutely. i think the real challenge is if it doesn't change the rules for christmas, i think you will have mass public disobedience with people getting together and seeing theirfamily with people getting together and seeing their family anyway. but i think lots of people get into that mode of breaking these rules which i would encourage everybody to stick by, honestly, and it would be very difficult to go back. i think the government and the prime minister and cabinet don't really have any

choice. they have to relax these rules otherwise we will see a self—imposed relaxation by people over christmas and they won't really feel like going back to follow the rules so i think it is sensible, i think the government's approach of a short period that we read about in the period —— in the papers, is probably the right balance between allowing lives to be as normal as possible and keeping people safe. it will be temporary and i know people will be temporary and i know people will take the opportunity to see their loved ones over christmas if their loved ones over christmas if the rules are there. you say will be temporary but a lot of the suggestion is that if we allow this easing of restrictions over christmas in january, easing of restrictions over christmas injanuary, we will face a tough lockdown once again, paying the price for that easing over christmas. is that a price worth paying? two i don't really see a world in which we won't be having this sort of lockdown until the vaccine comes forward in any event. two my experience here, at the moment ——.

two my experience here, at the moment --. -- we have been in some form of restrictions since march, thatis form of restrictions since march, that is nine months. i was out of my constituency yesterday and my own impression here is actually this lockdown is relatively low —— that complies with this lockdown. roads are busy for the people have had enough. that is why we are calling for two things. one enough. that is why we are calling fortwo things. one is enough. that is why we are calling for two things. one is a clear route out of lockdown so people can have lives returning to normal and the second thing is, of course, the northern economic recovery plan to ensure that our businesses here in north of england and other parts, with north of england, particularly the north—west, has been very hard hit by this pandemic. have a route to economic recovery. those things are important as his christmas and having a near— normal family experience as well. jamie, with that in mind, striking a balance between an economic recovery and making sure people stay safe, regulation this

morning that the 10pm curfew will be extended to 11 o'clock, doors closing by then, what impact will extending the night—time economy potentially have on the spread in the north—east? the reason we resisted going into tier three in the north—east is that a lot of places but these procedures in place, and it was actually spreading in places like schools and workplaces none of which were affected with tier three. i am in agreement with jake that you can't restrict your way out of this. you need people to voluntarily do it, and to do that they need restrictions that make sense, the information and financial support so they can self isolate. 0therwise information and financial support so they can self isolate. otherwise we are going to have rolling lockdowns. the way to do this is to give us better control of the test entry system so that our local expert

public health teams can follow up. we do need restrictions, but we need specific local powers to close businesses or any premises where there is an outbreak, as opposed to saying, because it's been found in one pub, we must close all pubs. that's not a sensible way to run an economy, it is not a sensible way to let people have a good christmas either. we know from a poll conducted by the observer that 54 people said they would prefer to sacrifice christmas and make sure there are not restrictions in january. is the government undermining this? people are free to do what they want within the rules over christmas. if people don't want to take the risk of seeing their family, then of course they are free not to do so. it's my view, actually, that hopefully the government will come forward with a where we can all be with our families over christmas. we've lost easter this year, we've lost passover, we've lost eid. for

different religions this year — i think christmas is something we should keep in our family calendar. whether you are religious or not, it's a hugely important time, particularly for people with really long hours a night shifts where they don't get to see their family week to week. it's hugely important we try & that, and ultimately the government has to come forward with a political judgement which government has to come forward with a politicaljudgement which says, what are we prepared to do? what are we repaired to sacrifice to try and keep this pandemic in check? they are now beginning to say the cure is worse than the disease. ultimately, are we not accepting, though, that if more people mix over christmas we will see the virus spread, and that could lead to people die in? political decisions have been made. a lot of the transmission, about a third or about a quarter, is in schools. the government has quite rightly decided educating young people should be a priority, so young people are staying in schools.

quite a lot of transmission is in retail. the government, i hope, will announce that retailer will reopen after the second of december to enable us to do our christmas shopping. none of this is easy. politics is about choices. but i do think the government has to make a judgement, look at the british public and think, if we don't allow you to mix, it's quite likely you will do so anyway. you won't necessarily understand the restrictions we want to have in place. you won't necessarily want to return to follow the rules. so in my view the finely balanced political judgements that will be before the cabinet today will be that, while there are undoubted risks, it is worthwhile trying to ensure that people can have a near—normal christmas. that certainly, if i was sitting like i used to do around the table, would be the decision and the view i would take. jamie, a word on some of the other big decisions that

will be made this week, the chancellor deciding who will pay for this and where the axe may fall in terms of things like spending and where there may be tax rises. if we look at people in your constituency, give us a sense of what help they need. furlough has been extended till march, but there are some tough financial decisions to be had as well. there are. those on low pay — if you are on minimum wage already and getting 80%, you can't go to the supermarket and is easy, can i pay for 80% of my shopping? a lot of people are falling through the gut, the recently self—employed included in the uk. we are talking, worryingly, about a pay freeze, so those key workers who got us through this that we are clapping for through may and june — they might see they are not going to get paid for all the risks they've taken. so the government needs to do this. this government was elected to level up this government was elected to level up the north. let's see some of that, shall we? a big week ahead. thanks forjoining us this morning.

big decisions for the cabinet today, but also, as jake was saying, for individualfamilies, whether but also, as jake was saying, for individual families, whether if we are allowed to mix it christmas you ta ke are allowed to mix it christmas you take advantage of that or choose to stay away. it's tough. there's an element of anger about not being able to meet families, but also resentment if you decide that maybe you are not going to meet a family, and your neighbours have more people over — there is a mixed picture. also, being let loose with your family for the first time in six months. anything could happen over christmas. maybe we will need the lockdown in january for that reason! here's chris with a look at this morning's weather. a beautiful picture behind you. i'm not sure where that's from, but it's the kind of thing we'll see — a layer of cloud and weather fronts clearing away with sunny skies following. that's what we're looking at, with much more in the way of sunshine around. it will feel cooler than yesterday, mind you, which i was to come across areas. the

weather front i was talking about, just across the very far south of england. the cooler air having moved m, england. the cooler air having moved in, that's where we've got the sunniest weather as well, so more sunshine to go round. across the far south of england, we have more clout. it's just breaking south of england, we have more clout. it'sjust breaking in london at the moment, so it really isjust across the southernmost counties. a of drizzle possible, and some fog patches as the skies clear for the likes of gloucestershire, 0xfordshire and perhaps parts of southern wales as well. those four patches will clear quickly this morning. plenty of sunshine across wales, most of england as well. much brighter conditions than yesterday, and isolated light show as possible in the north—west of england, northern ireland and scotland. certainly showers and still quite heavy here. with the winds in a westerly direction, some of those showers will pass through the central belt, so you could see one or two central belt, so you could see one ortwo in edinburgh central belt, so you could see one or two in edinburgh from time to time. the wind changed direction overnight, meaning the showers confined to the north—west of scotland. dry elsewhere with lengthy

clear spells and light winds, so much colder note than we've been used to with frost developing in the towns and cities across eastern areas. for monday, a cold start to the but before the changes as we go through the day, south—westerly winds blow in with rain on the way. many of us having a bright start with sunshine after that cold start. it will start to turn milder, but cloudy weather pushing it from the west with rain for western scotland and northern ireland and a bit of hill fog over wales, maybe the pennines too. the mildest weather in the southwest, 12 celsius here, but further east, still quite chilly. into tuesday, the warmer weather does spread in across all parts of the uk. those south—westerly winds becoming more prevalent. this weather front will be a slow—moving one, so rain for much of the day in northern ireland, western scotland, maybe into cumbria, and it's across west scotland and maybe cumbria we will see some pretty large rainfall totals build up through tuesday. we could see some localised water surface flooding here. away from the

front, bright or sunny spells and much milder with temperatures surging to 13 or14 much milder with temperatures surging to 13 or 14 degrees in the warmest areas. after that, from mid week onwards, high pressure tends to build, so the weather becoming dry over most of us with some sunshine, but the morning starting of quite cold with some frost patches around, some mist and fog patches as well, but at least it should become drier and brighter later in the week. that's the latest weather. a real mixed picture over the week, but we'll take it. a bit of sun is all we need. i love a wintry sunny day. a quick look at the front covers of the newspapers. the daily telegraph trailing the prime minister's announcement on what will replace england's national lockdown after december the second. it adds mass testing will be carried out in areas where cases start to rise. the mail on sunday reports that borisjohnson intends to extend pub opening hours until 11pm when england's national lockdown ends. last orders will be called at 10pm, but people will get an extra hour

to finish drinks and meals. we are going to talk to the head of uk hospitality just after eight o'clock to see what difference that could make to your experience of eating and drinking out, but also to those pub and restaurant businesses that have been so badly affected. such a delicate balance to strike, isn't it? "the fright before xmas" is the headline on the front of the sunday mirror, which carries a warning that the festive season as we know it is off. i think we already knew that, did we not? chancellor rishi sunak has signalled that taxes will have to start rising next year, according to the sunday times. he said that britain is experiencing "economic shock" and cannot continue to borrow money indefinitely at such high levels. his comments come ahead of next week's spending review. also the spending review this week which will lay out the government's plans for spending and tax. the front page of the catnap times and the observer talking about a

poll conducted, 54% of people who we re poll conducted, 54% of people who were asked if they would sacrifice restrictions christmas so they were not restrictions injanuary restrictions christmas so they were not restrictions in january said they would. there's also that mindset that it will happen anyway, so might have some sort of christmas and some restrictions in january some sort of christmas and some restrictions injanuary — or, if we have the short term pain now, maybe you can avoid it entirely in january. it's tricky. the government is being urged to change the rules over who is eligible for financial support if they have to self—isolate. people on low incomes in england can apply for a grant of 500 pounds if they are contacted directly by track—and—trace staff — but those who only receive a message from the nhs app don't qualify. here's our political correspondent nick eardley. 0liver lives with his family of seven 0liver lives with his family of seven in dorset, and this is the message he got earlier this month, telling him to self isolate. because it was through the nhs app, 0liver

didn't qualify for support. after a lot of chasing around, it turns out i'm not entitled to financial support, and i want to follow the guidelines. but then they leave you in the lurch a bit without the financial support. young family, and at this time of year, let alone just christmas — it's a rough time of yearfor christmas — it's a rough time of year for everybody, and it's christmas — it's a rough time of yearfor everybody, and it's been a rough yearfor yearfor everybody, and it's been a rough year for everybody. but to have that financial burden put on top of us again, i feel a massive injustice with it. the government does offer a grant of £500 for many people on low incomes who can't work because they've been told to stay at home by test and trace. but many people are falling through the gaps, like parents forced to stay at home while their children self isolate, and those using the app. we know people generally want to do the right thing, and that's why they come to see what they are eligible for, but ultimately people are facing an impossible choice often. they are taking a big hit if they can't work from home and if they do

need to self isolate, but they still have bills to pay in their food shopping to do. they still have children they need to care for, and that's putting them in an incredibly difficult position. we like the government to look at what else they can do to make sure people do the right thing. the prime minister is self—isolating just now himself. right thing. the prime minister is self—isolating just now himselflj know self—isolating just now himself.” know how frustrating it can be. here he is ina know how frustrating it can be. here he is in a message released by number ten yesterday. labour are calling for him to fix what they calling for him to fix what they call a broken system and offer more support. other charities have raised concerns too, saying loopholes are making it harder for people to do the right thing. good afternoon and welcome to today's downing street coronavirus briefing. on friday the health secretary was asked about support for parents who had to stay at home to look after the children. we have put in place a system of support so that if you have to isolate and you are eligible for benefits and universal credit, then

you can access a £500 support payment for the period that you have to isolate for. the government has now told us it is looking at ways to expand the scheme to cover the app, but others want the support to go further. how far would you go to help a friend in need? how about running two kilometres — that's a mile and a quarter — every single day between now and christmas? that's what nine—year—old freddie is planning to do in support of his mate hughie, who is being treated for leukaemia. we can speak to both of them now. freddie is alongside his mum, sarah, and hughie is with his dad, kieron, mum kate and sister beatrix. how are you doing? good, yeah. yeah, iam all how are you doing? good, yeah. yeah, i am all right actually. the past week i've felt a bit more sick, but

i'm doing fine. just tell us where you are up to with your treatment. you were in and out of hospital a bit. yeah. i am in and out of hospital probably a couple of times a week, so i am in week eight of my treatment. so i'm in hospital, as i said, a couple of times a week, and that's just for more medicine. said, a couple of times a week, and that'sjust for more medicine. and what's it like in there? in the hospital? yeah. it's a nice environment when you know what's happening. so everybody around you is really, really caring, and they all support you really well. that's lovely to hear. shall we have a chat

with freddie? because you've taken on this massive task — two kilometres, well, 50 sets of two kilometres, well, 50 sets of two kilometres — is that right? the short park runs, and you will finish on christmas day. what made you think, iam on christmas day. what made you think, i am going to do it? because it was for a good cause, and i needed to help hughie get through it. and i do two kilometre runs quite often. i thought at the time, thinking of it, i found out that there is about 50 days till christmas, so i decided to do to kilometre runs, and it would add up to 100 kilometres, and yesterday's was day 16. blimey. how are your legs? quite tired after the runs, but after ten minutes after it, they'll be fine. wow. when you listen to freddie talking about all this money that he

is hopefully going to raise for the charity, how does it make you feel knowing he is doing all that running in the morning for you? yeah, it's really amazing, because there's loads of people that have done fundraising, and freddie is one of them. i think freddie's is the toughest. good to have all those mates around you, isn't it? it's amazing he's doing it and everything, so yes. kieron and kate, to bring you in, what a rollercoaster the past few months have been for you. that's definitely the right terminology for it. from being diagnosed and the world being turned upside down really, but you know, we are facing this with a real positive attitude, with the care and support of the amazing staff at the rmc h children's hospital at manchester — we will get through this, won't we? particularly

challenging, i would think, at the moment because of covid, and going to hospital and receiving that treatment must be hard. it's difficult because there's only one pa rent allowed difficult because there's only one parent allowed with him at any one time, which was hard in the early days, because he took quite a while to diagnose him. i was with him for a week, and kieron couldn't come and see him. there's only two can go into the hospital with him. we can't have anyone else there. and then there's obviously the restrictions, wearing masks, which is a little bit uncomfortable, but it's a small price to pay, i suppose, just to protect hughie as well as all the other kids on the wards, and regular hand washing and all that kind of stuff just goes without saying hand washing and all that kind of stuffjust goes without saying now — it's automatic. the staff on the world have said they would usually have loads of visitors — football players and things to do on the ward — but there hasn't been any of that.

but we've managed to keep them entertained for the weeks while he was in there, and it's not a bad place to be. it's quite a nice place to be. let's talk to ready‘s mum sarah. so you thought let's do this running and raises money and it was all his idea, wasn't it? yes, it was all his idea. he wanted to do something to help hugh and when he found out about him being diagnosed. hejust sort of put this idea together and he just went sort of put this idea together and hejust went for sort of put this idea together and he just went for it. he is that kind of person anyway. so it didn't surprise me when he came with the idea. hejust really surprise me when he came with the idea. he just really wanted to. freddie, i know you originally wa nted freddie, i know you originally wanted to raise about £1000. tell us how much you have raised so far and how much you have raised so far and how it is all going, the fundraising. is going really good. i think last night i got 6000. wow!

that's incredible. like you said, your original target was 1000 so 6000 so far and you've still got quite a way to go. as i said, all the way through to christmas. help us through are you? leave 33 kilometres. so a third of the way through. there he is, through all the weather. and the weather is going to get worst, you know, freddie flintoff i know you are a massive only found and you have been a mass ‘— massive only found and you have been a mass —— mascot —— freddie, i know you are a massive fan of burnley. everybody has been really good and it just gobsmacked everybody has been really good and itjust gobsmacked me to see everybody and the players are really nice and they are all helpful, getting me through it. we heard about the money freddie has been

raising on your behalf now, you can be the boss now and have a bit of a say on where the money should be spent. you know the hospital inside out after all these visits. what would you like to see there?” wa nted would you like to see there?” wanted to improve the healthiness of the food, so to get fresh fruit upon the food, so to get fresh fruit upon the ward and an orangejuice machine and upstairs, there is a playground area, an outside playground area, so in six weeks, that is where i could get my only bit of fresh air so i wa nted get my only bit of fresh air so i wanted to improve up there a bit. so freddie better get running. young, and a squash machine because kids get sore mouth is. —— mouths. so the

ward manager said to get a slushy machine because they like cold things. and because slushies are dead tasty. thanks to everyone, hughie and freddie. nice to see you, everyone. i'm not sure i would run that far for everyone. i'm not sure i would run that farfor you... the andrew marr show is on bbc one at 9:00 this morning, and andrew can tell us what he has in store. a massive weekend are so many questions. i sure that this lockdown will end at the beginning of december? and what happens next? what will be open and what will be closed? and finally, because of all of this money we have been spending on this coronavirus epidemic, how are we going to pay for it? does it mean higher taxes from all of us this —— for all of us next year? i

am joined by the chancellor rishi sunak and his labour counterpart and least dodds and by damejudi dench for some light relief. not to be missed. —— annalise dodds. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. as we've been hearing, the prime minister is expected to announce the details tomorrow on how families in england may be able to mix over the christmas period. but what sort of effect might that have on the spread of the virus? we can speak to devi sridhar, a professor of global public health at edinburgh university. good morning to you. christmas is theissue good morning to you. christmas is the issue many people are talking about this morning. is it a price worth paying to have households mix for a few days, knowing that the virus could well spread ? for a few days, knowing that the virus could well spread? well i want to first start by giving people hope and —— optimism that we have

vaccines that look promising and mass testing online and better treatments. we can delay this for a few weeks, especially going to christmas, it gives people a chance to live in a new era of medicine and therapies and i think that should be our message to people which is try to delay disinfection, it is not hopeless. this will look brighter just a few months ahead. would you advise beta people then, thinking about visiting relatives in a different part of the country over christmas? this is less of a decision for government and more a decision for government and more a decision for government and more a decision for people themselves. we know this virus transmits indoors and house parties overlong dinners, the question is, do you want to expose elderly relatives and those who might be vulnerable to this virus either at your home being a guest in someone else's home? and if you are going to go ahead, what other steps you can take to be more cautious? can you meet them outside? can you the rooms? air circulation,

quarantine for two weeks? i think we have to come back to core public health principles will stop the virus doesn't care it is christmas, it will keep spreading regardless, it will keep spreading regardless, it has happened with canadian tanks giving and we will see it in the states with american thanksgiving. —— thanksgiving four. we know how the virus transmits and how much risk are you going to take with your family and loved ones at this time? it is not just family and loved ones at this time? it is notjust about family and loved ones at this time? it is not just about whether you pass it onto that household but then if it is passed on again, that is how it spreads. exactly. i mean, it isa chain how it spreads. exactly. i mean, it is a chain of infections and if anyone can take themselves out of that chain, it breaks it. that is what we should be telling it to people, especially young people. i'm not worried about getting the virus because i am not in a high—risk group but i could unintentionally give it to someone and in the end they become ill in that chain of infections and then be responsible for more pressure on the nhs and someone for more pressure on the nhs and someone becoming hospitalised. we have seen those chains again in the united states and france with wedding parties where no—one at the wedding parties where no—one at the wedding became variously ill people who are infected at the wedding went

on to infect others in their families who ended up hospitalised and very sick because of that is the way we have to see it, it is not just about our behaviour and our families but it is about our society and our community and how we work together and telling people this is not forever. i mean, iam together and telling people this is not forever. i mean, i am so hopeful that in a few months we will prevent a lot of these hospitalisations, a lot of these and get by —— get back next summer to much more normality than we have now. in your expert view, is mixing at christmas is a mistake? i think it is a bad idea, personally. i will not be doing that. but i think it is a decision for people to have to make and government to have to guide very carefully, people's decisions. the virus does not care that it is christmas, it does not care that it isa christmas, it does not care that it is a special day. if people do want to meet, how do we actually mitigate that and can we offer alternatives? iam that and can we offer alternatives? i am always up for people going outside, socialising, being outside for a meal, going outside, socialising, being outside fora meal, going fora outside, socialising, being outside for a meal, going for a walk, bending time together. in the end, christmas is about selflessness and caring for others and being together. we can still do those things, wejust together. we can still do those things, we just have to do them in a different way. we know the cabin is

meeting today looking ahead to tomorrow and an announcement on how things will be forwarding to the tier system. how significant is the evidence that regional measures make a difference or are we better with a national restriction like we have now? it really depends what your levels of infection are. in scotland, we do have different tiers for different parts of the country. it seems to be working well but it has to be accompanied by travel restrictions because we don't want people coming from high prevalence areas to low prevalence areas and it also needs to be accompanied by a strategy, whether that is mass testing or specific targeted restrictions. so i think it can work but it has to be tailored and explained very clearly. because obviously you don't want people living under a higher level of instructions that are needed but we know with this virus it is so infectious and the hospitalisation rate is so high that if you don't have restrictions in place, it will just take off again and we will be backin just take off again and we will be back ina just take off again and we will be back in a national lockdown was a bit is quite a tricky balance to open up carefully and cautiously and

use your travel restrictions and use local measures, testing as well, keep those numbers low. you talk about the impact on health but we also know about the impact on mental health and also the economy, when the economy suffers, wider public health suffers. the government is contemplating extending the 10pm cu rfew to contemplating extending the 10pm curfew to 11 o'clock was obvious that a price worth paying? to open up that a price worth paying? to open up the night—time economy a little more? i don't see a big difference in terms of the virus spreading between ten or 11pm, it is not like the virus attacks up at 10pm and says i am tired, i'm going to bed. it is going to be circulating whether it is at 6pm or 11 p.m.. i think the curfew's one of the less effective measures that we have for supper i think we have seen in all countries across the world, shutting places where you have super spreading events, a lot of people crowding together in indoor settings, unventilated, nightclubs, discos, pubs, bars, where inhibitions and distancing go out the window. that is where you are probably going to see your targeted restrictions and that is why the

night—time economy, because the kind of settings that you see, and that is where i say governments have to provide financial packages and support to those settings because it is no fault of those themselves, it is no fault of those themselves, it is just unfortunately whether virus transmits and whether in terms of where you get your largest name for your buck, where to put restrictions to have the biggest hit on the virus, where you will be targeting, thatis virus, where you will be targeting, that is just not in the uk. it is around the world. thank you very much. many thanks. here's chris with a look at the weather. place to be. it's quite a nice place to be. a very good morning to you at home as well. we are looking at a much brighter, sunnier day today. one of our early morning pictures shows the bra kes our early morning pictures shows the brakes on the cloud working on across england. plenty of sunshine to most areas to come, but it will

feel cooler. these are the temperatures yesterday: that drop in temperatures will be pretty widespread as cooler our works in. across the far south of england, we've still got a weather front nearby, bringing cloudy skies across with touches of drizzle, but we are seeing across with touches of drizzle, but we are seeing some across with touches of drizzle, but we are seeing some breaks in the cloud across the london area as well. these patches will tend to clear, and most of england dry with sunshine through the rest of the day with a bit of patchy cloud. a sunny day but cooler. northern ireland done scotland, with those wins in a westerly direction, those showers will blow through the central belt, so we could see some in edinburgh through the day, but temperatures mostly between eight and 11, may be 12 in the far south. 0vernight, the winds change direction and the showers become confined really to the highlands and islands of scotland. 0therwise the highlands and islands of scotland. otherwise it's dry, and with lengthy clear spells and light

wind, in the countryside, a few patches of frost, particularly across eastern scotland, eastern areas of england and perhaps in the cold est areas of england and perhaps in the coldest spots in county down in northern ireland as well. the weather for monday. a warm front moving across the uk, bringing some milder hour, but it will be cold and a locally frosty start to the day. a bright start with sunshine before things turn claudia, and does it works in, we may see low cloud developing cross some of the high ground in area. some rain in northern ireland in western scotland later in the day. the mild hour working into the south—west with highs of 12 in plymouth, and that milderair highs of 12 in plymouth, and that milder air will continue to spread in across the uk as we head into tuesday. but we will also have this slow—moving weather front to contend with as well. that's going to be bringing rainfor with as well. that's going to be bringing rain for much of the data parts of northern ireland, western scotland, maybe cumbria too, and particularly across these areas we could see some pretty large rainfall

totals from this slow—moving weather front with some heavy rain for much of the day. localised flooding is a possibility. away from that front, dry and bright with sunny spells and much milder with temperatures up to 13. after that, high pressure tends to build in, the weather turns brighter, and a few mist and fog patches in the mornings, but becoming drier with some sunny spells developing through the middle pa rt spells developing through the middle part of the week as well. that's how the weather is shaping up. we look forward to those sunny spells later in the week. thank you, chris. that's what we need. we'll be back with the headlines in little bit. you can catch up on the latest technology news now with this week's edition of click. welcome to click. i know, i'm not on the sofa!

don't panic, though — i brought it with me. no, i've not made a dash for it. i'm in an electric car on a 300—mile trip across the uk. this is a lockdown mission to find out if an electric vehicle revolution is about to happen. across the world, governments are putting up ambitious targets for environmentally friendly transport. the eu aims to reduce its greenhouse gases by 80% in the next 30 years and electric vehicles are a big part of that plan. the uk this week announced its ambition to stop selling cars that are wholly powered by petrol by the year 2030. so, many more of us, it seems, will be buying electric cars in the next few years, and lara has some tips for you on that later in the show. but first, i'm off to a place which may hold the key to the future of european electric cars.

cornwall is known for its fish, its stunning views and its tourism. but all that is changing. traces of an element discovered in cornwall in the 19th century have suddenly become rather important. this is lithium mica granite, and the important word there is 'lithium'. as in the lithium ion batteries in your phone, in your computer and your electric car. and some think that cornwall may be the best place in europe to supply it. there is lithium in the czech republic, but the boss of one company realised that the rock here in cornwall was made of the same stuff.

we followed it up with a field trip, and the first rock that andrew picked up had ore—grade lithium in it. british lithium is prospecting here in cornwall and once they find a rich seam of lithium mica granite, they plan to build an open clay mine a lot like this one. what's the ecological impact of a mine like this? the footprint of a mine is actually very small, so the mine we're proposing will produce about a third of the total lithium requirement to the uk, should the whole industry transform to an electric one from internal combustion. and the quarry will be quite modest — much smaller than this, actually. most of the development is a refinery. there are obvious advantages of a country making its own products, rather than importing them. but there's actually another very important reason why batteries specifically need to be home—grown. lithium batteries are very bulky.

they're heavy and a dangerous good to transport. a model s tesla has half a ton of battery in it, so it's a major component of the car. so battery makers co locate with electric vehicle makers. you picture a tesla factory — they've got chemicals and metals going on one end and cars driving out the other. now, if we want to have an electric car industry in the uk, we have to have a battery industry here. so what things can we do to attract a lithium battery industry in the uk? one thing is to have the only domestic source of the major component in europe. there's none produced in the whole of europe. and so it could be that cornwall, along with the czech republic, become vital as europe's hunger for lithium grows. so the amount of lithium we need in the uk and also globally is going to increase dramatically over the next few years. so we calculate by 2035, we'll need five times as much lithium as we are mining now, so that's quite an increase.

this week, i've been putting four of the latest smartphone cameras to the test to see how they stack up. the iphone 12 pro max, the google pixel 5, the huawei mate 40 pro and the iphone 12. i've been using the mini version, but it has the exact same camera as the regular size iphone 12. let's talk about lenses and the trendy thing at the moment is to add a super wide lens so you can zoom out and fit a bit more into your picture. i actually prefer a telephoto lens because i feel that you can't always get closer to something you want to zoom in on, but you can quite often take a few steps back to get further away. all four of these phones have a super wide lens but only two of them have a telephoto lens and huawei's has the biggest optical zoom. here's how that looks in practice because i saw some ducks in the park and i took these photos from about two metres away. here's as close as i could get without digitally cropping on the iphone 12 and the pixel 5.

now here's the 2.5 times zoom on the iphone 12 pro max — we're getting a bit closer. but look how close i got with the huawei camera! this duck was working my camera! gorgeous. laughs. and this really does make a difference. later in the park, i saw a squirrel and my instinct was, quickly, grab the huawei! and this is how it turned out. and this was taken on a camera phone. so the zoom here blew the other phones out of the water. to test the phones in low light i went into central london after dark which, as you can imagine, is pretty much deserted at the moment, apart from every now and then you'd see a social media influencer and their camera operator striking a pose and having a little photo shoot. i went down to the tate britain which at the moment is lit up for diwali. all of these were taken on the super wide cameras and all of them looked great, although i think the huawei just edges ahead because take a look at how much detail it preserved in these beautiful tiles. those were the super wide shots.

with the regular wide camera, apple and huawei both say they've made improvements this year to let in more light. here are some photos from the wide cameras, both iphones took a decent shot, and the pixel did too, although again, it was darker and grainier than the others, and then the mate 40 pro captured this, and i was blown away. look again how much detail is preserved. i also took some portrait mode shots here, which came out very nicely. you'll notice the one from the iphone 12 pro max is more zoomed in because it defaults to the telephoto lens for portraits. i have to say, both iphones and the pixel captured quite a lot of lens flare from these neon lights. i didn't mind in this particular context. it looks quite artistic. but the huawei didn't have any lens flare. in fact the mate 40 pro was so consistently impressive that, whenever we were taking extra shots or i wanted a quick one done of me in a nice location, i'd say, "let's do it on the huawei, it's going to get the better shot." of course, there's more to a phone than just the cameras. the elephant in the room is that huawei still doesn't have access to goggle play services due to the us trade blacklist and that means many of the most popular apps are missing from the platform,

including from its own huawei app gallery. but there's no denying that when it comes to the camera, at least from my testing, the huawei one is a generation ahead of the competition. there's been a rapid increase in the number of electric cars sold in the uk and i'm talking pure electric. almost double were sold this year compared to last. but for many of us, buying an electric vehicle is still a new experience and there are a few things that you need to think about. electric is great in the city, and over recent years, there's been an increasing number of charging points emerging on our high streets. but for longerjourneys, things can get a little bit trickier. the range an electric car can drive before needing a boost has increased greatly. there are now many on the market advertised to be able to do around 280 miles

on a single charge. while all electric cars show a calculation of how long you should be able to drive they're rarely accurate. but if you do run out ofjuice on a longerjourney then most motorway service stations do have chargers. and in the majority of cases, they will have rapid chargers. but rapid means different things to different cars. it's not only about how fast the charging point is, but also the speed your car can charge. the combination determining how long a stop you'd need to make up the services. most motorways have 50 kilowatt chargers. an average electric car would be able to boost its battery by 90 miles in half—an—hour at one. here on this forecourt though the chargers can triple that power. one other thing to know, your battery can only do the fast charging up to a certain point. when it reaches about 80%,

the charging slows right down. if i'm taking the car on a long journey, i need to first check to see where the chargers are and if they're working and then i need to plan for the charger beyond that in case they're busy, and often when i get to the charger, they're not working properly or they're taken by somebody else and i have to use my contingency plan. so planning is definitely required to drive long distances. but if you are near a motorway and you have some time to spare, you should be ok. in rural areas, though, the electric car revolution may be harder to kick—start. to boost driver confidence, it's now essential that the infrastructure reaches across the country. if it's not done right, once again, rural areas risk being left behind. price has been a major sticking point for electric car ownership. but in recent years, have they actually become cheaper to own?

we've tried to simplify the figures based on a mid—range car over the course of four years. buying this electric car over the same model with petrol would set you back around an extra 40%. yet the electric should depreciate less, have lower running costs and no road tax. you're likely to spend around a quarter on electricity than what you'd spend on fuel. evs are expensive but if you think about it, you know, if you look at a mobile phone, that's a £500 or £600 device. so actually what you're finding is that paying for it as you go, so the phone, the insurance, and the text and data, is a way you're happy to pay for that, it's then a mobile device as a service. so with evs, bundling a monthly price — with the car, the insurance, the service, the maintenance and energy — could be the way actually we consume cars in the future. that was lara,

and that's it for the shortcut of our ev special. the full length version is up on iplayer right now. it's been an adventure, i can tell you, being out on the road again. back to the sofa next week, i guess. in the meantime, you can get in touch with us on facebook, instagram, youtube and and twitter — we live @bbcclick. thanks for watching. and we'll see you soon. we are going to talk about some of the implications for those rule changes for those changes, so we will talk about that after eight a.m.. we willalso will talk about that after eight a.m.. we will also talk to someone

selling christmas trees trees, because the news yesterday was that they could start selling. we are on they could start selling. we are on the bbc news channel till nine o'clock. could both of you is on bbc 0ne. see you soon. —— goodbye to viewers.

good morning welcome to breakfast with nina warhurst and ben thompson. 0ur headlines today: lockdown in england will be replaced by a tougher three—tier system when it comes to an end on december 2nd. boris johnson will give mps more details tomorrow and will also reveal how families will be able to come together at christmas. clearing the nhs backlog. the chancellor promises extra money to the health service in this week's spending review but warns of an "economic shock" to come. tottenham are top of the table.spurs beat manchester city to take the lead in the premier league butjose mourinho insists they're not fighting for the title. good morning. we're looking at a much brighter day with more sunshine but it will feel a little cooler outside today. meanwhile the north of the uk

will continue to see some scattered showers. join me for a full forecast a little bit later on. it's sunday november the 22nd. our top story. a plan to lift england's lockdown on december the second will be finalised by government ministers today. the prime minister is planning to replace the national lockdown with a stricter version of the "three—tiered" system of restrictions — with more areas facing tougher rules — although pubs maybe allowed to stay open beyond 10pm. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo reports. what will christmas look like this year? we'll soon find out. tomorrow, borisjohnson will confirm to parliament that england is coming out of national lockdown on the second of december and going back into regional tiers of coronavirus restrictions. the system will be stricter this time round, with more areas under tighter rules. leicester's had tough restrictions for months and infection rates are still high. it's what it is, we've got to keep on with it and it'll be all right in the end,

as they say. i'm just finding it very frustrating, and, maybe i'm wrong, but ijust think if everybody kept to the rules, it might be better. laughs. ministers will decide on thursday which areas will go into which tier, but across all tiers, there will be special arrangements to allow families to meet over christmas, and a four—nation approach is still being discussed. we all want to see our loved ones again but some are concerned about the consequences. do you want to expose elderly relatives or anybody that might be a risk in your home or anybody else's home? what are the rest? can you meet outside? can you ventilate the room is, do you have enough air circulation question which. the virus does not care that it is a holiday and it will spread, we have seen holiday and it will spread, we have seen it in canada and we will see to the united states. how much less do

you want to take at this time with yourfamily and your you want to take at this time with your family and your loved ones? you want to take at this time with yourfamily and your loved ones? —— might how much risk? the cabinet will meet today to discuss the plans and mps will vote on whether to bring in the new system. labour said it would look closely at the proposals but said the new framework must bring certainty for businesses. ministers are stressing this festive period won't be normal but hope that vaccines and mass testing will offer a route towards relaxing restrictions further. leila nathoo, bbc news earlier we spoke to the conservative mpjake berry. he leads the northern research group, which has been campaigning for a clear route out of lockdown. he told us allowing people to see their families over christmas i think you'll have mass public disobedience with people sitting together in seeing the family anyway and once people get into that mode of breaking these rules which i think in general want to stick by it, obviously, ithink think in general want to stick by it, obviously, i think it will be very difficult for them to get back

soi very difficult for them to get back so i think in truth the prime minister and the government and the cabinet don't have any choice. they have to relax these rules are we will see a sort of self—imposed relaxation by people at christmas and the one truly feel like going back to following the rules. —— to the one truly feel 0ur political correspondent helen catt is in our london newsroom. helen — we're waiting for the exact details but can you tell us more downing street are being tight—lipped about what the special arrangements will be. the sunday telegraph suggesting there may be some bubble system for families to mix but we simply do not know what the specific details are. boris johnson will set them out tomorrow and has said so and his speech to parliament. by tomorrow night will have a clearer indication. it is a similar story with the changes to rules on the run—up to christmas and

the tier system that will kick in after the 2nd of december. a lot of the specific measures we don't know. we know the overall direction of travel as it will be tougher than what was in place before the english national lockdown came into place and a lot of places were going to a higher tier. if you would a lower tier area before lockdown it is probable you will be in a higher tier. there will be we think a listing around the 10pm curfew on bars and clubs and restaurants. he is expected to say 10pm will become last orders and there will be an hour of drinking last orders and there will be an hourof drinking up last orders and there will be an hour of drinking up time for people before the go home. here's what the of tyne may jamie driscoll before the go home. here's what the of tyne mayjamie driscoll said. before the go home. here's what the of tyne mayjamie driscoll saidm has to be based on what will work and not on playing to the gallery. if we look at restrictions and talk about the 10pm curfew, i think

generally across the north people have said why do we have this, it is not working. let's do what actually works and keep people safe. we expect the spending review from the chancellor rishi sunak. newspapers are saying there will be money ring fenced for the nhs. £3 billion is being pledged by the treasury for the nhs this year but the idea is to clear backlog such as extra scans and operations for people who have had treatment delayed during the pandemic. as you said, rishi sunak sounding a note of caution and an interview with the sunday times this morning said that spending review on wednesday when he will set out what departments will get for the next year we will see the economic shock of the pandemic laid bare and has

warned that the current level of borrowing is not sustainable. the australian state of victoria will open its borders to other states today — for the first time in nearly five months. borders were closed in early july following a surge of coronavirus cases in the state capital, melbourne — and heavy restrictions were put in place. the strictest measures can now be lifted after victoria recorded no new cases of the virus for 23 consecutive days. the strictest measures can now be lifted after victoria recorded no new cases of the virus for 23 consecutive days. in california it's not such positive news. nearly all of the us state's 40—million residents are now living under a night—time curfew — in a bid to curb a steep in california it's not such positive news. nearly all of the us state's 40—million residents are now living under a night—time curfew — in a bid to curb a steep rise in coronavirus infections. the new order — which follows similar measures in new york city — requires californians to stay at home from 10pm until 5am. us health officials have also urged americans to avoid travelling

for the thanksgiving holiday on thursday. the first day of the g20 'pandemic preparedness' summit has taken place — with world leaders joining saudi arabia was due to host the event, which is now being held via a series of video conference calls. president trump reportedly missed a session on pandemic prevention ideas — and was pictured a short time later playing golf. president putin was the latecomer to the zoom call. six people are being treated in hospital — one for a serious head injury and three for what's believed to be stab wounds — after a large fight in the centre of cardiff. police were called to queen street just before ten o'clock last night. they arrested two people on suspicion of violent disorder. a baby elephant has been rescued after it fell down a well in india. the female calf had to be sedated and lifted out by a crane — which took more than 12 hours — and is now said to be "healthy and active". officials said the well —

in the tamil nadu state, in the south of the country — was covered with bushes and had no perimeter wall. as we've been hearing this morning, england will return to the three—tier system after lockdown ends on the second of december — but with more areas facing tougher restrictions. let's get an idea of how the information will be released. borisjohnson will meet his cabinet today to discuss and sign off the covid winter plan.he will then present it to mps on monday, when he's expected to outline details on how families can see loved ones at christmas.and on thursday, ministers will decide which parts of england will be placed under tier 1, 2 or 3.

mps will then vote on the new system before it is introduced. there's speculation today that pubs and restaurants could be allowed to stay open until 11pm under the new measures — although last orders will be called at 10pm. let's get a view from kate nicholls, the head of uk hospitality. very good morning to you. what you make of this, another hour, what difference will it make for hospitality? it is welcome it looks as though hospitality be we allowed to reopen under the new three tier system and it was a fear businesses wouldn't require to remain closed during that busy trading period and additional time in the curfew to allow for dispersible help. tier 2 and three restrictions were already so severe and three restrictions were already so severe that they were effectively unable to make a living and really feel for their future so we need to see some adjustments to those to your going forward if we are to have any hope of keeping our pubs it

restau ra nts any hope of keeping our pubs it restaurants a life any period of time. we have talked about the implications for hospitality and it's not just implications for hospitality and it's notjust that curfew, it's things like the rule of six and travel restrictions on people working from home. what are the changes that would make the biggest difference for hospitality as a whole? the single biggest difference which we could have and allow people to have a safe period for socialising christmas would be a return to the rule of six and it has been done in wales and it is not because the problem and been a success in getting premises open. it is meaningless if you have an extension to the curfew in tier 2 if you cannot socialise with family and friends in a pub or bar restaurant. it can be part of the solution and we can make sure people are supervised and they can socialise safely over christmas so we would urge safely over christmas so we would umea safely over christmas so we would urge a small adjustment to that rule

of six in too. that is a difference between being able to have a 50% 60% of normal revenues and been at —70 or —80%. of normal revenues and been at —70 or -80%. the reason we talk a lot about hospitality is the assumption onceit about hospitality is the assumption once it people have had a few drinks they no longer obey social distancing rules and may be a bit more lax about keeping their distance. you don't necessarily agree that hospitality is where transmissions take place. there isn't any clear evidence. there is one survey isn't any clear evidence. there is one survey in the united states which looked at places of exposure before people tested positive. that was 300 people and a very small sample and in the united states we don't have the same stringent controls is in the uk. in the uk we have social distancing and forced and table service only and strict standards in hygiene and ventilation which all help to reduce transmission. if you want to socialise with family and friends

the safest place is now a venue where somebody will manage, moderate and control your behaviour rather than socialising elsewhere. lets talk about christmas. we know that the few months leading up to christmas, the time when hospitality will make the vast majority of its money for the year. we know office parties are not happening and big family gatherings will not happen. how damaging is this christmas for the industry? it's usually damaging, coming on the back of nine months of very severely restricted trading. effectively hospitality never came out of lockdown. we were allowed to reopen in the 4th ofjuly but our reve nu es we re reopen in the 4th ofjuly but our revenues were suppressed in the best we could get to is break even so these businesses are on their knees. the ons these businesses are on their knees. the 0ns government study showed one in three were at risk of insolvency. in tier2 in three were at risk of insolvency. in tier 2 with the tighter restrictions that jumps to in tier 2 with the tighter restrictions thatjumps to 75% of businesses at risk of insolvency of the measures continue till march. december is normally a time we would

end 25% of our profits. it is a huge amount that gets us through the rest of the year so we urge the government to make some small adjustments to our tier restrictions and give us a chance to get to reopen and and some revenues and we are well—placed to play a part in the recovery when it comes. government has extended the furlough scheme till march and help pay some of the salaries for people who cannot get back to work in a meaningfulfashion. cannot get back to work in a meaningful fashion. we do welcome that and it is really helpful and gives us a certainty to make decisions right up to march. however that helps the employees. if you damage the business viability underneath and make up those businesses cannot survive in the long term and sustain, many tell us they want survive into the new year but a change and restrictions are additional support, but a change and restrictions are additionalsupport, it's but a change and restrictions are additional support, it's a relevant how much money you put through furlough, thejobs how much money you put through furlough, the jobs won't exist and the business goes bust. so many

requests on the government for help and support in different sectors wa nt and support in different sectors want different packages. the government says there is no money tree and we'll have to pay for this at some point. who should be funding some of the support for hospitality? i think we will fund it ourselves in the long run because we generate £1 in every three of our turnover going back to the treasury and taxes in one form or another and be show this injuly when we were allowed to reopen a limited way that demand is there and we drove most of the gdp growth figures in august and almost all of it came from hospitality. i was to open, let us do what we do best. we don't want hand—outs, just wa nt to best. we don't want hand—outs, just want to get back to be able open our businesses and support our own employees and their own communities and earn enough to allow is to have and earn enough to allow is to have a sustainable future going forward. we just need help to bridge that if we are required to close are required to trade with such severe restrictions that 75% of our businesses will not survive into the new year. a staggering statistic.

kate, thanks very much. it really does lay bare just how many different sectors are affected by this and what little changes in those rules could make a big difference. here's chris with a look at the weather. i know with this photo is from. the sunrise a few ago in northamptonshire. glorious. we will see more in away of sun today but the sunnier air is cooler air. yesterday top temperatures in north—east wales 14 celsius and today about ten. that drop in temperatures will be pretty widespread. a bit cooler but sunshine going some way to for that. enjoy the cheerier weather. in the far south of england we have a zone of slightly thicker load in southern

coastal counties and occasional drops of drizzle on the south coast. even here i think the weather will try to brighten up with a bit of hazy sunshine coming through. workloads have cleared most recently such as gloucestershire and 0xfordshire and south wales we have seen some 0xfordshire and south wales we have seen some patches of fog. a much brighter day with more sunshine but showers around particularly for northern ireland and scotland. with winds blowing westerly those showers will be capable of sneaking through the central belt so we may see a shower and edinburgh. temperatures for most 8 degrees to 10 degrees. 0ver as winds change directions the showers will be confined to the scottish highlands and islands. 0therwise dries with clear spells and light winds. a cold night with frosts about living in the countryside particularly in scotland and east england and county down. on monday we start off with a ridge of high pressure but change through the

day as this next area of low pressure m oves day as this next area of low pressure moves in. a cold and frosty start but bright with some sunshine. then it turns cloudier. we will properly sea mist and fog patches form over the high ground, wales and maybe the pennines. 0utbreaks form over the high ground, wales and maybe the pennines. outbreaks of rain through the afternoon for west scotla nd rain through the afternoon for west scotland and northern ireland. still quite chilly for eastern areas. milderair quite chilly for eastern areas. milder air pushing on all the times of temperature around 12 in south—west england through the afternoon. milder air south—west england through the afternoon. milderairwill south—west england through the afternoon. milder air will continue to spread through monday night and into tuesday. at the same time we will have the slow—moving weather front moving into northern ireland and parts of scotland, may be cumbria. it will bring rain for much of the day for these areas for tuesday but some particularly large rainfall totals building up across western scotland, dumfries and galloway and cumbria. maybe some floodwater on tuesday. so it more dry and bright with temperatures up to 13 celsius and the weather settles down some mist and fog

patches and fog in the mornings and a lot of dry weather with sunny spells. today for most of us not bad, some sunshine. it will feel cooler but not bad at all. i realised this week i didn't leave the house for three whole days. i need a bit of that sunshine. you've probably seen plenty of christmas lights going up early this year — and in a few days you'll start to see a lot more trees, too. that's because christmas tree retailers, which had been ordered to close for the lockdown, will be allowed to re—open from wednesday. priyanka patel is from the pines and needles store in north london. we can speak to her now.

good morning to you. presumably you are very relieved that you will be allowed to open this week but what a tense run—up to christmas. allowed to open this week but what a tense run-up to christmas. we have been lobbying for this moment for weeks and no this is really the start to christmas for us and for eve ryo ne start to christmas for us and for everyone to choose the british home grown trees and it is going to be amazing. an amazing magical end to this dramatic year. have you missed any of your retail time or would you have already opened by now? we would have already opened by now? we would have opened by know for sure but we have opened by know for sure but we have click and collect services and ona have click and collect services and on a website because people wanted to buy trees and book them but from the 25th onwards all stores go live and nationwide delivery so it should be ok. how has it felt because we have spoken a lot about whether it has been a level playing field when it comes to retail garden centres and even some supermarkets have been

able to sell christmas trees which you have not been allowed to reopen. it was very unfair and it has been a rough ride for us for the last couple of weeks but it ended on a high note but it definitely felt unfair because everyone else was allowed to sell christmas trees so why could we not? how do you think consumer behaviour may have changed this year? are you seeing people buying trees area of putting it off because they do not know what the christmas plans will be? the mac i don't think so because people have been ordering trees with us so it is really pending in different households. i feel that people are going to be buying and come the 25th will huge queues at our doors. ben has a question. i am fascinated by this. if people are buying them much earlier how do we make sure they

survive all the way to christmas because there's quite a long time? you water them well. make sure the water is not stagnant and keep them moist and happy and not in a hot temperature. which trees are we supposed to buy because some well hold their needles a lot longer. give us your top tips about getting through the next few weeks.“ give us your top tips about getting through the next few weeks. if it is indoors unknown drop tree for sure and make sure that the trees are away from radiators and well watered and you have a good what a holding stand and when you buy the tree make sure it is given a fresh cut in the water is not left stagnant. it should be fine, it should live at least till christmas. ben, would you when the argument at all now? he wa nts to when the argument at all now? he wants to put it on the 30th of

november. normally you do it on the seven. november. normally you do it on the seven. do not encourage him. we will now have two trees. you have moved more to online sales and that is something that lots of businesses have told us they have done because of covid an long time. do you think that next year that element of the business you will continue to put more effort into? yes. we have all learned something and digital is the way going forward but having said that it way going forward but having said thatitis way going forward but having said that it is an experience to go into our stores and choose your own tree with your family so either way, i would just go out and try and buy trees from the stores but we definitely will be concentrating on online as well. how did you get all these trees? given that you only

just find out you could open her dish ordering system work, whether they come from and how to make sure you have enough? we draw our own trees. we have plantations and they are all grown trees. we have plantations and they are allgrown —— trees. we have plantations and they are all grown —— home—grown and our director supervisor the harvest and dispatch so we were kinda prepared for that, if not through the stores we would have surged on the web so we would have surged on the web so we have plenty to sell. please come to our stores. it is all home—grown british grown trees. by two trees. by british grown trees. by two trees. by two trees. i hope you have a great christmas. and to you. something to think about. good to know your tree can last if you look after it.

we know that social media provides a platform for strangers to argue and trade insults — but it can also be a great way to seek out and support other people who are going through a tough time. that's what gabrielle livingstone did. herfather is terminally ill with cancer and — over the last few months — she's built an online community of new friends who understand how that feels. fiona stalker went to meet her. the other day i received a message from this girl and i don't think i have ever feel so proud of myself. she said that my post inspired her to go to therapy. for the first time ever. just one of hundreds of messages gabrielle has received after setting up the unheard group, the 19—year—old got the devastating news that her dad had terminal cancer four years ago. i found out because i was listening in on my parents' conversations, because they were acting so weird

for weeks, and my brother and i had been eavesdropping, and we just knew something was wrong and we heard words like stage iii and terminal, all these different words. i never really put the pieces together until my dad told me. the pieces formed a grim picture, and gabrielle's dad's condition has worsened during lockdown. i could not hug my own dad, could not hug my own dad. that is horrible. my dad is my best friend. alone and isolated, gabrielle wanted to connect with other young people who simply got it. i was not doing very well mentally, and i wasjust in a really dark place. it was actually my flatmates, who are my sisters, who kind of pushed me towards doing it. they were like, write that post, you have wanted to do it for a while.

i posted something on my instagram and i kind ofjust explain what was going on and how i felt. then i started my unheard group, and the reaction i received was incredible. beth was one of the first to respond. see, when you put that post up about...the story about the mouth, that was so funny because i have experienced the same thing. she was three when she lost her dad to cancer. i never remember seeing him in the hospital because he was only ill for a short period of time, i never remember seeing him ill. the only thing i remember is i did not recognise him, because when you are younger, you do not see them wired up and sitting, not looking like themselves. i was so scared, i did not even want to hug him, i did not recognise him. but finally, 17 years later, beth feels heard. it has been so good to bounce off

each other, we have related with so many things that we do, bad habits we have or our feelings, and it has been so nice to relate to someone who has been through that emotion, and that is the most important thing about the group. it is a safe space where you can say anything you want — we're not going tojudge. and this safe space is the key for young people struggling with a parental cancerjourney. social media is the way a lot of young people and adults are now getting their support, so i think it is... what it says is positive, a group of young people have said, i want to have my voice heard in the way i want to have it, that could be at 3am, it could be reaching out to someone in a different country. i think it is really important because having an illness in a family can be very isolating. gabrielle has a view photos of her dad. he has always been self—conscious, even more so now he is very seriously ill. she knows how this part of the story will eventually end. but she also knows she has been

heard and she is not alone. my dad is so proud of me. i have never seen him so proud of me in my life. it makes me so happy. i want it to reach as many people as possible. so many people are feeling the same. i want it to explode. that was fiona stalker reporting. if you can shut out the negative noise on social media you can get new friendships. so nice to hear some good stories about the power of social media sometimes. you're watching bbc breakfast. still to come on today's programme:

0h back in 2019 charlie was being bullied. now he is leading a cast. what a brilliant story. stay tuned for that. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and nina warhurst. it's 8.30am. here's a summary of this morning's main news. a plan to lift england's lockdown on december the second will be finalised by government ministers today. the prime minister is planning to replace the national lockdown with a stricter version

of the "three—tiered" system of restrictions — with more areas facing tougher rules — although pubs maybe allowed to stay open until beyond 10pm. he'll announce the details to the commons tomorrow. the chancellor is expected to pledge more than £3 billion to help the nhs in england recover from the pandemic. rishi sunak will announce the package in his spending review on wednesday — but writing in today's sunday times he says high levels of borrowing can't go on indefinitely — and he warns that the uk is experiencing "economic shock". let's speak now to someone with a good idea of what shape the nhs is in. dr fari ahmad is one of our regular breakfast gps — she joins us from cheshire. good morning to you. the big christmas question. should we allow people a bit of relaxation over the christmas period to get together with family? what do you make of it?

from a gp point of view, what does it mean? it's a hard one. definitely. it has been a hard year andi definitely. it has been a hard year and i can bleakly understand that it's christmas and it is the one time that you completely get together and we all have traditions, and it is one of those times that gives you a little bit of resilience and sustenance to get through the rest of the year, and this year we feel like we really need it. but i think that covid—19 is not going to ta ke think that covid—19 is not going to take christmas. the government is planning to reduce restrictions so that people can meet, so i think that people can meet, so i think that people can meet, so i think that people just need to think about it very carefully, and about where you are going to meet. could you meet outside? could you meet in a well ventilated room? meet outside? could you meet in a well ventilated room ? do meet outside? could you meet in a well ventilated room? do you need to meet? other people there who are more vulnerable that you could pass it onto? and people that you could then interact with who could get ill. it a hard one. it's going to

open a lot of questions for everybody, and it is about what risk you are prepared to take. so let's talk about some of the measures that people may choose to take to reduce that risk. so if they decide that they are going to meet, even the little changes in how they meet could make a big difference. that is what we're hearing isn't it? so more ventilation or not so much hugging over christmas. take is to some of the little changes we think about. so, think about it before. so if you can, may be self—isolate for a couple of weeks beforehand, so you reduce your chances of having anything or passing anything are not being unwell. where are you going to meet? it is a cold time of year so meeting outdoors is harder, and if you are going to be indoors, make sure you have ventilation, because we know that makes quite an effect on how viruses are transmitted. can you keep socially distant from

people? are people going to be wearing masks? is there a time limit? so, the more time you having an enclosed room with little ventilation, the more likely you are to spread the virus. it is so much dependent on what their setup is like where you are going to meet. do you have the space to do this? could you have the space to do this? could you do it in slightly different ways ? you do it in slightly different ways? lots of questions. it would be really helpful if when the government does say they are going to do this they give us some guidelines on how to make it safer. there is an assumption that if the rules are relaxed over christmas, we may be facing another lockdown in january to pay for it. so there is the question as to whether it is a trade—off we are it prepared to accept. in the newspaper this morning, there is a suggestion that 54% of people were in favour of a lap down over christmas to avoid that restriction injanuary, and that restriction injanuary, and thatis that restriction injanuary, and that is the trade—off we are all going to have to take account of.”

think you have said it. it is a very personal decision. so, people are going to have to decide, do i want to do this? like everything else, christmas will probably be different even with their restrictions been loosened up a bit. do wejust even with their restrictions been loosened up a bit. do we just want to hang in there for a little bit longer? we are getting a delight —— a delayed christmas present with the vaccine being rolled out, and there is going to be a light at the end of this tunnel. i think we have all done amazingly, and i think we just have to work out how we can keep family and loved ones safe. because thatis family and loved ones safe. because that is what it's all about. how do you look after the people you love. let's talk about some of the vaccine questions. we are getting to the point of roll—out and how that vaccine might be administered and approved for use. there is some suggestion that some services that

the nhs provides may be able —— may have to be scaled back a bit to provide flu jabs in this vaccine. how busy is it in the surgery? and are you able to do everything that you need to do? we are busy, certainly. we can certainly see that winter is starting, and so we are having are no patients that we would see around this time of year. we are seeing all the covid—19 patients, both those who have it and those who have had it and are now home. we are also seeing a lot of patients who come are certainly locally, a lot of our hospitals cannot deal with routine work because they are overwhelmed with covid—19, so we are busy. and then, of course we will have to look at the vaccine roll—out. we are trying to look at ways that we can get it out and get it into people. we are having to think quite differently about how we do it because the pfizer vaccine has

a five day shelf life after we defrost it, so it needs to be used. the nhs can help us. the nhs who we have a contract with, they can make things easy for us all they can ties up things easy for us all they can ties up in red tape and kick boxing. we are asking them to just give us what we need to get on with this and just be supportive and we will try and get through this as quickly as we can. so good to talk to you again this morning. so many interesting elements of this and so many dilemmas that people will face as these restrictions come into force. very grateful for your time this morning. thank you. it is 8:37am and we will give you some sport. let's bring you some sport now, and exactly a year after taking over as tottenham manager, jose mourinho has guided them to the top of the premier league. spurs' win over manchester city saw them move above chelsea who briefly topped the table after beating newcastle.

craig templeton has all the details. in a topsy—turvy season, it is tottenham who top the table, but perhaps only temporarily. changes can be at a premium against manchester city, so when you get them, you have to take them. he got his angles right and did exactly that. enter giovanni celso. he had only been on the pitch 35 seconds when he did this. sweet finish. a master class which put spurs at the summit for the first time in six years, but the manager is not getting carried away. we are not fighting for the title. we are fighting to win every match. on thursday we are to win the match and we are going to lose matches and we are going to draw matches. so, this is a process. earlier in the day it had been chelsea who were in poll position after a win at newcastle. a burst of german acceleration from the team left tommy abraham

with the easiest of tasks. aston villa have had a surprising start to the season, so much so that a big win against brighton could have put them top. but the seasiders and danny welbeck had other ideas. his first goal for the club, helping brighton to their first win at villa park in history. history is a word that looms large at old trafford. it looked like they would drop more points when bruno fernandes missed from the spot. they're going to make this be retaken. but his second attempt gave three points. and some good sporting knowledge there. and some good sporting knowledge there. the autumn nations cup continues today, as scotland play france at murrayfield. in the other group, there were wins yesterday for england and wales. jo currie has the best of the action. every year, test match rugby

lights up the autumn. england—ireland always a firy encounter. but with twickenham silent, it was left to players to make the noise. step forward johnnie mae, leaping highest before crossing the line, but this was not his crowning moment. from deep inside his own half, mae danced around the irish defence, reaching his own kick first. his 31st england try means only rory underwood has more. a special moment that deserved an audience. two tries were all that england needed in the end. they squeezed ireland out with last—ditch tackles. a consolation try came too late. for english rugby in november, it was all about mae. wales and attain george under pressure on a six—game losing streak, but the grandson of cricket legend ian botham in their starting line—up, the fans were hopeful for a big match performance, but they were made to work for it. in the driving rain,

it was left to teenager serve it lewis rhys to light up the first half. i try on his first international start. not bad for a 19—year—old. after the break, wales showed quick thinking and quick hands, the teenager setting up rhys webb who trotted over for a much—needed score. that proved enough. finally a win, and a comfortable albeit not spectacular display. next up, wales face england and with it a tougher test. it is 8:41am. good morning. the australian state of victoria will open its border with new south wales today for the first time in nearly five months. they were closed in early july following a surge of coronavirus cases in melbourne, but the state has had no new cases of the virus for 23 consecutive days. we can now speak to abc journalist matilda marozzi who's in melbourne. and matilda, this must have felt like a long time coming? yes, it does. it was a long, cold

winter in melbourne. there were only four reasons you could leave your home, one hour of exercise, caring, essential shopping, or if you are an essential shopping, or if you are an essential work and permitted to leave your home. so, it was a very long for five months leave your home. so, it was a very long forfive months in leave your home. so, it was a very long for five months in lockdown where we weren't allowed to even leave our homes or leave within five kilometres of our home. so it feels incredible today to know that tomorrow morning we can drive to new south wales and see friends or work collea g u es south wales and see friends or work colleagues in that state without any checks at the border.” colleagues in that state without any checks at the border. i remember reporting on this injuly, and the assumption was it will go on for maybe six weeks. yes, at first, we we re maybe six weeks. yes, at first, we were told it would be a six—week lockdown at stage three level. two weeks after that it was increased to stage four and then another six weeks. it just kept stage four and then another six weeks. itjust kept going and going as our premier and chief officer kept looking at the modelling. they said we would be released when cases we re said we would be released when cases were underfive

said we would be released when cases were under five cases in a two—week period. as you said, we've now had no case for 23 days, so at times we thought those targets were impossible, particularly when we we re over impossible, particularly when we were over 700 cases injust one impossible, particularly when we were over 700 cases in just one day, but it turned out the modelling was right and the lockdown did work, so we are heading towards what the authorities are calling a covert normal christmas. as miraculous to get their cases down to that level. the determination of the authorities there. it is so different there. how people reacted on a personal level to all of that sacrifice, economic sacrifice, because of the health risks? it has been pretty mixed. it depends what your political persuasion is and how you have been impacted. people's businesses have gone over, ‘— impacted. people's businesses have gone over, —— have gone under, and. 0verall, people have approved of

this strategy. the premier‘s approval rating is a quite high at around 60% in recent polls. now that people are able to go out and about again, we haven't seen hundreds and hundreds of people in hospital, we have not seen thousands of deaths and hospitals overwhelmed, so now that it appears the strategy has worked, there has been a lot of support. and victorians have been largely compliant. there is still mask wearing and lots of places, although that will be lifted tomorrow. social distancing and gathering limits and limits of the amount of people you are allowed into your home, people are abiding by these and have throughout the entire lockdown which has been part of the success of the strategy. there is no way we could have gone from 700 cases a day to zero, if people had not been following the rules. so the if there have been a lot of people upset, legitimately if

you've lost your livelihood, overall people have been positive. australia is in people have been positive. australia isina people have been positive. australia is in a position at the moment —— melbourne is in a position at the moment that we are able to open up to other states and travel pretty freely. is there a sense that is the board is open and people mix a little bit more that there will be increased risk? do you think the people's behaviour will naturally change when it comes to social gathering and having people into their homes? will people automatically have that radar? some people are more slow to go out. 0bviously, people are more slow to go out. obviously, you don't have to go out. some people are more nervous about having an opening back up. we are opening in a slow and steady way and some say too slow. just to watch for any potential outbreaks. testing rates are still very high. 20,000 tests in the last 24—hour period, so people are more confident in the system, that if there are outbreaks that we will be able to get on top

of them, they will be found quickly, contact of them, they will be found quickly, co nta ct ra ce of them, they will be found quickly, contact race will be able to get on top of it. until there is a vaccine, thatis top of it. until there is a vaccine, that is how it is going to be. there is an outbreak in neighbouring south australia at the moment that authorities are trying to get on top of. it got out of hotel quarantine. we are going to see whether there are little outbreaks here and there, but what people are hoping is that it doesn't get out of control and see victoria go into a third wave or another state going to a second wave, because i don't know how people would face a third strict lockdown here in victoria. but while this lasts, we know that it is precious and fragile. we'll have to ensure that we have be careful and safe as we are mingling, but we are appreciating it while it is here, and hoping that if we follow the social distancing in the hand hygiene, and that authorities can look after cases in hospitals or quarantine hotels, that we will be able to maintain this until the

vaccine is available. do enjoy your new freedoms. many thanks. kind of reassuring to know that there is an end in sight. but so strict. as she was saying, so many businesses disappeared because it was so strict and since july. i'm disappeared because it was so strict and sincejuly. i'm off to read the news on the entry my show. i will see you soon. news on the entry my show. i will see you soon. let's take a final look at this morning's weather. this is the midlands and the sunrise a moment to work ago. we have seen some fog across the south midlands. you can see their funky looking in the valleys in wales. that was sent to us thanks to benny boy. looking at the temperatures today, it will be cooler even though we will see more in the way of sunshine. in the

wagon, 14 yesterday and about 10 celsius this afternoon. right now, we still have some cloud from this weather front that is just loitering across the extreme south of england. around the south coast and a spot of drizzle. bright day with spells of sunshine coming and going. there will be some showers here in scotla nd will be some showers here in scotland and still quite burst blustery, but with the wind coming from a westerly direction, you might see one or two shows from a westerly direction, you might see one or two shows in edinburgh. showers become confined really to the scottish highlands and islands overnight. elsewhere, the windfall lighter and that means it is going to bea lighter and that means it is going to be a cold night with winds in place. thrust likely. it is going to bea place. thrust likely. it is going to be a cold start tomorrow morning,

but there will be changes due to this weather system coming in at the start of the day. although it would be frosty and bright with some spells of sunshine, it will tend to turn claudia as the day goes by. maybe some mist and hill fog patches. getting into their scotland and another in ireland. temperatures into single figures and temperatures up into single figures and temperatures up to 12 degrees scent c is also in the west. into tuesday, we will see why milder air pushing in to the uk. we have the sloan weather front affecting northern ireland in west scotland. there will be some areas that see persistent outbreaks of rain, so we could see some localised water flooding, particularly across parts of scotland. a way to the front to the south—east it is dry and bright and milder. temperatures 12 or 13 celsius or so. after that, how pressure builds in. some thrust

patches too. and a lot of dry weather with some sunny spells coming through. but for today not looking too bad, just some showers across the finals. many thanks chris. latex gloves have been — quite literally — a life—saver during this pandemic. but they also pose a serious environmental problem. standard latex takes around 100 years to decompose. now a team of scientists believe they have come up with a solution, as our science correspondent richard westcott reports. the world pulls on 150 billion pairs of protective latex gloves every year. most are synthetic and end up in landfill for decades. it is a huge environmental problem, and covid—19 is making it worse, which is why scientists at cra nfield university in bedfordshire are developing a new type of natural latex that is better for the planet. this is synthetic latex,

made from petroleum, it biodegrades in about 100 years. this is natural latex and rubber trees. it still hangs around for a couple of years. this is the new kind of rubber latex they are developing in this lab, and they say it could biodegrade in a matter of weeks. it is a version of natural latex but without the allergies, so people won't be allergic to them. they will also be much quicker to make, but the biggest benefit could be to our carbon footprint. it is a fantastic opportunity. if we go into natural latex, which is produced by rubber trees from carbon dioxide, water and sun energy, we will be able to have really a real impact on the environment. approximately 50% of the excessive carbon could be turned turned into rubber gloves. that is staggering. that's a staggering figure. half of the excess carbon, potentially, ta ken out

of the atmosphere if we just swapped over to these gloves. yes, but we would have to turn it to natural rubber gloves, and that means quite a lot of latex to produce and deliver from the plantations. project is funded by a big medical company that is about to start producing the new gloves in malaysia. they hope to open a uk factory next year. last year on breakfast we covered the story of a young boy called charlie who was being bullied at school for his love of musical theatre. his singing teacher started a campaign to cheer him up with the help of some west end stars and it led to this rather lovely moment on the breakfast sofa. we've got another message. you haven't seen this one yet. are you ready for this. hi, charlie. it's michael ball here.

so, look, we have something in common. we both love musicals. but i hear you have been getting some stick for your enjoyment of them and your love of musical theatre. well let me just tell you something, you've got the right idea. it is cool. i'm sending you lots of support. cheer up, charlie. it is a great campaign. bullying is something that is unacceptable, and listen, if you are down in london and you fancy coming to see to see the new les mis, it is sold out, but i can sort you out a ticket. why don't you come and see it and i can introduce you afterwards as well. and listen, stay cool, steam musical. maybe we will get on stage together one day. who knows? take care, mate. and i am sending you so much love and power. god bless. are you all right? stay cool, stay musical. good advice for life. well, a lot has happened in the last year.

charlie has left the bullies behind and he's just released a charity single with a host of west end stars. let's have a listen. # when the dark comes crashing through. # when you need someone to carry you. # when you are broken on the ground. # i'll be there. # because you'll reach up and your rise again. # if you only look around. # you will be found. charlie and his mum katjoin us now from wokingham. what was it like watching back that moment from last year? that was

really cool. i can't explain that. just seeing my face there, that was... i don't know. speechless. and what has the last year been like? you first came in because of the bullies. has that ended now? oh, yeah. that has totally ended. i met a new school and everyone is great. they are into the arts and the teachers are a thing. we do a lot of education and anti—bullying which is really good. fantastic. tell me about the charity single. it is a single, as he said with a whole host of west end stars, including leighton williams, lindsay gardner, jacqueline hughes. and a whole of the massive host. that is not even naming of. you must be incredibly

proud. what a turnaround. for you, as his mum, you must have been a really worrying time to see his confidence getting knocked by the bullies. it has been a really long journey for him. to see your child disappearing because of something thatis disappearing because of something that is not in your control is really hard. you you send your child to school everyday thinking is going to school everyday thinking is going to be safe, or you see a man you know that day has not been a good day. what better message for the bullies, though, charlie than to release a single with a lot of stars. do you feel you have had the last word? definitely. i hope they are watching this or watching a programme that i am an end here the single and see what good has come out of what they did to me. and what

would you say to somebody your day — your would you say to somebody your day “ your age or even younger would you say to somebody your day —— your age or even younger that people are mean to just because they're a bit different, because they're a bit different, because they are into something this is a bit different to the majority of people. what would you say to people? if you want to make it better you need to talk. talk, talk, talk, talk. it is the only way to get your story out. don't suffer in silence because you can't change the world with silence. and you need to educate. ask your friends and pa rents educate. ask your friends and parents and teachers. can we have a lesson on anti—bullying. can we talk about this and that and the other. you can message me on instagram if you need someone you can message me on instagram if you need someone to talk to that isn't your parents. you can message me because i am always there to chat to. cat, it feels like his confidence has come an awful long way. when you think about the people that joined way. when you think about the people thatjoined him in thatjourney that you talked about, so the endorsement from michael ball and the western

cut stars coming on board, how does it make you feel that people gave their time to support him. it's incredible that the arts was an industry we didn't really know anything about and to see how they have embraced and taken charlie undertheir have embraced and taken charlie under their wing, have embraced and taken charlie undertheirwing, and as have embraced and taken charlie under their wing, and as they now saying, they are part of —— he is pa rt of saying, they are part of —— he is part of theirtribe. saying, they are part of —— he is part of their tribe. isjust incredible, and! part of their tribe. isjust incredible, and i dread to think how big this can continue to grow. charlie isjust going to big this can continue to grow. charlie is just going to thrive and i know that hashtag cheer up, charlie isjust going to continue to grow. and now you are an ambassador for the diana award to encourage other people. how does that feel to ta ke other people. how does that feel to take those lessons forward to other people that you have learned over the last year? that is an amazing feeling and just indescribable. that ican feeling and just indescribable. that i can help other children are people that have been in the same position as me. that isjust that have been in the same position as me. that is just the that have been in the same position as me. that isjust the best

feeling, knowing that i can help people. oh. we will have to leave it there, charlie. thank you so much. an inspiration to anybody who has had to deal with bullies. enjoy the rest of your day. in by by.